Destination Marketing | Assignment

Running Head: DESTINATION MARKETING
DESTINATION MARKETING
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DESTINATION MARKETING
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Introduction:
Destination marketing particularly deals with promoting a specific destination that is a
city, town or region aiming to increase the number of footfalls or visitors in that specific
destination. Destination marketing can also be considered as tourism advertising which aims to
promote any specific location (Pike, 2015). While product marketing aims to deliver the best
product or services to the intended customers in destination marketing the travelers are promised
to enjoy the best travel experience in the destination they chose to visit. Destination marketing
has received so much popularity in the recent years primarily because it seems to serve beneficial
both for the business purpose as well as for the customers who receive an over all aid from
planning to the execution of their whole travel experience.
With the changing lifestyle patterns, travelling is considered no more a luxury but a
necessity to live a healthy life. Thus while choosing among the most exotic tourist destination,
one cannot afford to miss out Rome. Rome unarguably retains its position to be ranked as one of
the top cultural destination of Italy attracting 15.2 million tourists and 36.6 million overnight
stays particularly in the year 2018 (Holden, 2016). According to the report presented by
Assoturismo Confesercenti the number of tourist increased by a figure of 60,000 within a single
year’s duration. Rome with its magnificent architecture, artistic appeal and romance in its air and
mouthwatering delicacies has always been a prime attraction among tourists. World famous
architectural sites like The Colosseum, The Vatican Museums altogether make Rome a paradise
for the tourist who carve to breathe an air of art and cultural richness. Moreover Rome has an
added advantage of the location as it is very well connected with other places of major tourist
attraction like Florence, Pompeii, Ostia, Antica, Tivoli, many wineries, and varied other