Tourism Australia is the Australian Government agency responsible for attracting international visitors to Australia and encouraging Australians to travel domestically, both for leisure and business events. The Tourism Australia YouTube Channel was redeveloped to improve the way travellers use video to plan their Australian holiday.
In a world-first, the site provides customised content in nine languages for 16 key markets (including Australia) to enhance the trip-planning experience for potential visitors. Rich video content is now linked to an interactive Google map for users to see where the footage was filmed and in turn build their itinerary around the destinations they are considering in Australia. Another new feature of the updated Tourism Australia YouTube Channel is that videos can also be filtered by state and city, type of experience, popularity or via Tourism Australia selected videos so users can generate their own bespoke gallery of Australian tourism experiences.
Integration with popular social media sites has also been enhanced to provide users with a deeper, more personal experience. For example, a “Facebook connect” function matches users’ Facebook friend check-ins with the destinations on their playlist so they can see which of their friends have visited the locations shown in the videos. The Australia Channel has also been set-up so users can easily share their customised playlist with friends and family with Facebook.
Tourism Australia’s Instagram images, which match the destinations and experiences in the videos, also feature in the playlist.
