Famous for its seafood and its eponymous beer, the coastal city of Qingdao is one of China’s hidden gems. Well-endowed with rich heritage and astonishing natural landscapes, it’s a city on the rise economically and as a manufacturing hub. The regional tourism board wanted to raise its profile as an international tourism destination.
Famous for its seafood and its eponymous beer, the coastal city of Qingdao is one of China’s hidden gems. Well-endowed with rich heritage and astonishing natural landscapes, it’s a city on the rise economically and as a manufacturing hub. The regional tourism board wanted to raise its profile as an international tourism destination.
The Qingdao Tourism Board set us the task of developing a strategic campaign to target international travellers. We worked with BBC World News to reach a global audience. Take a look:
The Qingdao Tourism Board set us the task of developing a strategic campaign to target international travellers. We worked with BBC World News to reach a global audience. Take a look:
The campaign focused on Qingdao’s unique range of sights, cuisines and experiences to whet the appetite of potential visitors.
The campaign focused on Qingdao’s unique range of sights, cuisines and experiences to whet the appetite of potential visitors.
RESULTS
By placing the city front and centre of the campaign, we were able to draw attention to the unique tourism offerings.
The key to the campaign was the strategically timed advertisement deployment, aimed at targeting high-spending international travellers in English-speaking destinations.
We helped the city’s campaign to raise awareness and increased visitor numbers in the period immediately following the campaign.