3 times wanted. To marry my fellow. Good guy just in germany. Where exactly. Last car culture history. Travel extremely worth a visit. Whether you seek inspiration for your next holiday on take talk or instagram then get in line with the trend it could cost you the individuality of the experience though i was social medias changing traveling i want topic today on shift. Sitting at the beach listening to. The waves. Is something that i can only enjoy on you tube at the moment but weve still got social media this video is from scented clearwater in the us its got more than 200000 clicks on you tube the Tourism Industry is struggling but the pandemic is also an opportunity for entrepreneurs like patrick from wonder he offers Virtual Tours i realize. As a country and in general also africa was under presented on google maps on digital maps and disses where the idea came from currently hes testing a prototype which enables visitors to speak to a travel guide live Creative Ideas like these are experiencing a real boom at the moment for instance on the ferro islands have a look at what the central Tourism Office came up with. This travel guide is remotely controlled just like in a computer game. Equipped with a helmet camera she scouts the fare alliance and acapella gold in the north atlantic. Her route is determined by target us watching from home so you sort of steering this person. And deciding what you want to see and where you want this person to go when you present it we turn left and when you press jump well we challenge. The central Tourism Office came up with the idea in early 2020 as the islands were close to tears in the wake of the corona pandemic instead viewers could watch an Instagram Live or facebook. But the offices websites guests could even take turns staring deter guides. They could be instructed to hike ride steer boats or even fly in a helicopter. If i hansen was one of the guy its its its very surreal to be to know that youre Walking Around you on the phone its being controlled by someone you know on there so far and it does feel a bit sort of surreal and a bit sort of futuristic in some way by late june almost 1000000 people had taken one of these Virtual Tours then the islands were reopened for visitors but the recording of each virtual tour is Still Available online its a fun tool its something to do while youre bored at home and you know and look down there and isolation so its. Its entertaining but its also informative you know the idea is to get peoples appetite. And get them to want to come and experience this in real life. Social media is becoming increasingly important to get people excited about travelling instagram has played a major role in establishing troll tanga in norway the rue kramer youre in paris and the current. In bavaria as photo hotspots and i admit to having waited in the queue before to shoot this photo in mexico on the Instagram Account insta repeat you can see how like many holiday photos and im looking it seems like some travel influences are more invested in popularity than being original but where theres like theres money Tourism Officers are collaborating with content creators on instagram and take dog to draw attention to their region. Im at the recent work rug labyrinth in the fiscal mountains nature park have a look. Here we go. Plaintiffs cost is a blogger who takes her followers along for french is on instagram shes joined by over 50000 who accompany her to the fish through mountains in bavaria through his stories later he will also write a longer post will have blog never ever taught me that the service is unique in europe ive never actually seen Something Like this before and thats exactly what i share what regions dependent on tourism are increasingly turning to this kind of marketing authenticity is important the bloggers and the topics need to match and we were thrilled right from the start renia so authentic just like the fish still mountains we were sure if she didnt fit in here who would get our past im the king of the world. The queen excuse me. The rainy fuss is taking her photographer along today but this isnt thank a sin its hard work another part of your job is to interact with the fall of one of my friends what animal do you see here i cant wait to hear what you think send me your replies. Sure enough the responses flooded in. Wed like to extend our reach we want to make the region more known in show people how beautiful it is here. But its not just travel tips we like to get from influencers many are keen to listen to reviews of the hotel or restaurant german survey confirms that 90 percent of the participants use review sites before booking online these are more important to some than Hotel Websites or recommendations from friends. Germanys Consumer Protection agency who instead about 15 percent of online holiday reviews are fake which reviews can customers trust. This is not its difficult to distinguish the real reviews from the fake ones but there are some clues you can look for. Like how detailed is the review or how professional do the photos look were they taken with a smartphone. These are all hands that could indicate whether riverview is real or not. But also hopes to check the comments this user reviewed hotels in 533 cities around the world in just a few years countering the comments helps to the more refuse the hotel has received the more likely it is there well take time to see the negative reviews. To some of the points criticized might not really bother you experts say that event 3 porters of the worldwide population doesnt feel Online Reviews can be trusted and yet we are and use them. No matter where you look for inspiration most of you will be looking for beautiful holiday destinations far away from stress and worries but there are also people who like to visit places that are connected to horror disaster and. Concentration Camp Memorial sites and the theory of. Ground 0 in new york where the twin towers and. Other restricted areas surrounding the former Nuclear Power plant chernobyl socalled dark tourists outside that bear witness to horror and disaster. Did on social media they make for an eerie effect. Studies the phenomenon. Tourism is tourism to some form where context of human suffering and death. Social media plays a huge role in dark tourism the problem is this increases the risk of reducing the sensitive Historic Sites to macabre backdrops for callous snapshots because most of the tourism is a reflection of society. Its a cultural phenomenon and people will always try to express themselves food or travel habits. So might decide not to take an educational trip through Southern Europe but seek out for a concentration camps. Instead of just to prove they arent like anyone else. I feel ambivalent about this on the one hand dark tourism could lead to more historical awareness on the other these places should never turn into backdrops for self staging and said lets also ari in the Czech Republic photos are now prohibited the reason too many visits were taking selfies and that shows that holiday photos also have an ethical dimension. Is head of tourism watch an organization that encourages sustainable and figure tourism. Responsible for talk its part of the we all still want to be mindful of. The field of lavender in Southern France on instagram its a classic motif but to get their prized shot many will trample straight through the fields crushing the plants as they go forward to go wild bunch along the way its become so commonplace that farmers have begun to fear for their harvest. The poppy fields in california dont they are much better in march 2900. 00 visitors were so reckless that the beautiful hills had to be closed to the public so watch your step literally. Many hobby photographers prefer people in their snapshots not planned but dont just point and shoot and speak to the locals 1st without your camera and always ask for permission. Privacy is a very subjective thing but different people have different laws they do not want crossed a lot of that also depends on the culture so it always makes sense to ask in advance generally anything that happens inside an apartment is private i should never take a photo through the window through a crack in the door violates the right to privacy. But not every public space is a good spot for a photo either. Many places we like to visit as tourists might be every day spaces for others even holy sites. We might see a church but to somebody else its a place of worship. Its especially important to practice restraint during ceremonies its wise at some time. In the temple of anglo but in cambodia Buddhist Monks have complained about being kept from prayer by swaths of tourists wanting a picture with. The tourists can also intrude in other ways. Then 2017 an italian tourist dubbed. The mao deeds of online several weeks and millions of views later the tiny valley was overrun traffic jam stretched on for hours wrongly part vehicles littered the roads and piles of trash so remember to disable your geotagged inside tips to yourself. Especially in ecologically sensitive areas a beautiful fashion or can encourage many other people to come in to find that exact spot. And thats the problem we call it over tourism in cities but you also get it in the actual surroundings too. So its better to stop posting our secret spots with your tax however i want to keep using instagram and call for my travel plans the importance of these apps for the Tourism Industry can be seen on easyjet and there you can upload screenshots from instagram the app tells you the location of the spot and how you get there using easyjet even if it doesnt always work out it does show where the Tourism Industry is headed. 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