Comments on: Can you see what I see? http://blog.highlandbusinessresearch.com/2008/01/25/can-you-see-what-i-see/ Travel industry thinking from Stephen Budd and Vicky Brock at Highland Business Research Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:06:34 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Rene http://blog.highlandbusinessresearch.com/2008/01/25/can-you-see-what-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-537 Rene Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:07:46 +0000 http://blog.highlandbusinessresearch.com/2008/01/25/can-you-see-what-i-see/#comment-537 Hi Vicky, Again great article and fully agree. We've been looking for quality pictures for our web portal promoting Moray and Speyside, www.GreaterSpeyside.com. The photo's on our web site have been made by people on holiday in the area and posting them on Flickr. We've emailed them asking them to promote their work and they were very happy to do so. Flickr is good! And made some friends along the way too! Speak soon! Rene Hi Vicky,

Again great article and fully agree. We’ve been looking for quality pictures for our web portal promoting Moray and Speyside, http://www.GreaterSpeyside.com. The photo’s on our web site have been made by people on holiday in the area and posting them on Flickr. We’ve emailed them asking them to promote their work and they were very happy to do so. Flickr is good! And made some friends along the way too!

Speak soon!

Rene

]]> By: Vicky http://blog.highlandbusinessresearch.com/2008/01/25/can-you-see-what-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Vicky Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:12:51 +0000 http://blog.highlandbusinessresearch.com/2008/01/25/can-you-see-what-i-see/#comment-509 Thanks guys - I think you both highlight two really important characteristics of these photos which is why they have such value. They are individuals doing this for the pleasure of it, and they have a timeliness and a zeitgeist that can't be manufactured in advance to reflect print schedules etc. Looking at those BC pictures didn't just make me want to visit, they make me want to visit right now! Instead I am stuck on a train in a flood minus my camera. I'd love to hear how other destinations are working with Flickr. Thanks guys – I think you both highlight two really important characteristics of these photos which is why they have such value. They are individuals doing this for the pleasure of it, and they have a timeliness and a zeitgeist that can’t be manufactured in advance to reflect print schedules etc. Looking at those BC pictures didn’t just make me want to visit, they make me want to visit right now! Instead I am stuck on a train in a flood minus my camera. I’d love to hear how other destinations are working with Flickr.

]]> By: Claude http://blog.highlandbusinessresearch.com/2008/01/25/can-you-see-what-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Claude Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:41:15 +0000 http://blog.highlandbusinessresearch.com/2008/01/25/can-you-see-what-i-see/#comment-508 Thanks for this great post. I live in Provence tourism area and I find on Flickr more than 150 000 great pictures around this touristic area. All of them from individual and not from Tourim Board or larger DMO's !!!! Also we see a udge widgets market who use Flickr photo as content for their tools. Thanks for this great post.

I live in Provence tourism area and I find on Flickr more than 150 000 great pictures around this touristic area.

All of them from individual and not from Tourim Board or larger DMO’s !!!!

Also we see a udge widgets market who use Flickr photo as content for their tools.

]]> By: Wilhelmus http://blog.highlandbusinessresearch.com/2008/01/25/can-you-see-what-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Wilhelmus Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:49:52 +0000 http://blog.highlandbusinessresearch.com/2008/01/25/can-you-see-what-i-see/#comment-505 Can't agree with you more Vicky. There are some amazing pictures on Flickr and they can sell a destination all by themselves. Check out the Beautiful British Columbia group for another example: http://www.flickr.com/groups/british_columbia/pool/ I've identified this as a huge opportunity at Tourism British Columbia to use Flickr as a source for photography. The large base of photographers are perfect for those shots you'll never get again. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jtcoastal/26224984/ We also have our own account where we post the pictures users submit on our blog section: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tourism_bc/ Can’t agree with you more Vicky. There are some amazing pictures on Flickr and they can sell a destination all by themselves. Check out the Beautiful British Columbia group for another example:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/british_columbia/pool/

I’ve identified this as a huge opportunity at Tourism British Columbia to use Flickr as a source for photography. The large base of photographers are perfect for those shots you’ll never get again.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jtcoastal/26224984/

We also have our own account where we post the pictures users submit on our blog section: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tourism_bc/

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