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Building resilience and balanced growth

We help destinations attract high-yield travelers and build new revenue pathways. Through strategic planning, market segmentation and targeted campaigns, we optimize the full value of your visitor economy.

High-Yield Tourism creates impact

Tourism development isn’t just about capacity building. We take a holistic approach to help you re-evaluate your growth strategy. Our bespoke solutions diversify your inbound mix, reduce visitor acquisition costs and enhance community engagement.

Why It Matters to You

Tourism is competitive. Travel economics are complex. Supply chains and input costs are rising. Financial leakages are widespread. Seasonality is changing. Consumer loyalty is rare.

We understand the various challenges destinations face. We help you plan for balanced tourism expansion and mitigate the developmental issues that rapid growth can bring.

Why It Matters to You

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Beyond Boom and Bust: Rethinking Tourism Policy for Sustainable Growth
Beyond Boom and Bust: Rethinking Tourism Policy for Sustainable Growth
Beyond Boom and Bust: Rethinking Tourism Policy for Sustainable Growth Tourism is often hailed as a key driver of economic growth, cultural exchange, and local development. However, the policies that govern tourism frequently exhibit a concerning pattern of binary thinking. Governments tend to swing between two extremes: aggressively promoting growth to attract as many visitors as possible, and then reacting defensively when the consequences of overtourism become apparent. During the growth phase, marketing campaigns strive for record visitor numbers, infrastructure is rapidly expanded, and local economies anticipate significant financial benefits from increased spending. Unfortunately, this celebratory phase often proves to be short-lived. As visitor numbers increase, destinations face mounting...
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6 Reasons Why Western Australia Excels at Self-Drive Tourism
6 Reasons Why Western Australia Excels at Self-Drive Tourism
6 Reasons Why Western Australia Excels at Self-Drive Tourism Gary Bowerman reflects how ‘WA’ – self-titled as ‘Home of the Road Trip’ – maximises the high-yield benefits of self-drive tourism. However long you spend driving in ‘WA’, it’s never enough. My wife and I just enjoyed a 2,000-kilometre road-trip around Australia’s southwest corner. The picturesque route between Perth, Wave Rock, Esperance, Albany and Denmark is superbly signposted and serviced. The state authorities match pretty much every need of drivers and passengers. At this time of year (Aussie winter), the long, straight roads are fairly empty, especially on weekdays. The spectacular beauty of the southern coastal nature reserves is mostly yours to enjoy without anyone else in camera-shot. Travelling through Australia’s Southern...
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Cultural Fighting as a Passion Tourism Micro-Niche: Unlocking High-Yield Traveler Engagement
Cultural Fighting as a Passion Tourism Micro-Niche: Unlocking High-Yield Traveler Engagement
Cultural Fighting as a Passion Tourism Micro-Niche: Unlocking High-Yield Traveler Engagement The economics of martial arts tourism present a compelling case for destination managers to prioritize this micro-niche for both economic returns and soft power development. When most people think of martial arts, they imagine fitness routines or competitive fights. But this isn’t about learning to kick or punch. It’s about why these arts exist, their history, rituals, and spiritual dimensions. My recent travels have taken me to destinations where a specific micro-niche is quietly building momentum: cultural fighting. This isn’t about fitness tourism or professional fighting circuits; it’s about travelers who seek to understand a country’s soul through its martial arts. During my recent trip to Japan,...
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Beyond High-Value: Why High-Yield Tourism Changes Everything
Beyond High-Value: Why High-Yield Tourism Changes Everything
Beyond High-Value: Why High-Yield Tourism Changes Everything Recently, I have been seeing the term “High-Yield Tourism / High-Yield Travelers” increasingly pop-up, and being used interchangeably with “High-Value Tourism / High-Value Travelers.” Media articles and travel industry press releases are conjoining the terms and blurring important lines of distinction. So, lets clearify the difference. Having spent decades navigating the evolving landscape of global tourism, I’ve witnessed first-hand how our industry’s language shapes its direction. The distinction between “high-value” and “high-yield” tourism is more than semantics. Separating the terms can inform how destinations, businesses, and communities craft strategy, attract travelers, and define their long-term success. Last month at the...
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Diaspora, Edutourism & Slow Travel: Family Trends Shaping High-Yield Tourism
Diaspora, Edutourism & Slow Travel: Family Trends Shaping High-Yield Tourism
Diaspora, Edutourism & Slow Travel: Family Trends Shaping High-Yield Tourism Family travel has evolved beyond affordability and routine destinations. In 2025, families are significant contributors to high-yield tourism, prioritizing premium, meaningful experiences over sheer volume. They are investing more in their trips, staying longer, and opting for purposeful travel, driving tourism that provides substantial economic, cultural, and sustainable value. 1. Multi-Generational, Multi-Purpose Getaways Multi-generational travel is on the rise, with many families planning trips that include grandparents and grandchildren. These longer, shared vacations tend to attract higher spending, investing in accommodations such as private villas or group lodges, bespoke dining experiences, and all-inclusive...
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Why we’re your perfect partner

Our founders count over 50 years of high-level experience across the tourism sector. We know that tourism is ever-more competitive – and the margins for growth are fine.

By carefully analysing the untapped opportunities and the pain points in your visitor economy, we produce tailored solutions to build resilient growth for the long-term.

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Our Services

Our tailored High-Yield Tourism services drive competitive advantages, improve the quality of product and service delivery and diversify the economic benefits of tourism.

Strategy Consulting

Our experienced tourism planning experts develop high-yield strategies that diversify the economic returns for destinations.

Research & Analysis

Detailed analysis of your visitor economy data combined with strategic competitor research positions your destination at the forefront of high-yield tourism.

Campaign Planning

Targeted campaigns created specifically for high-yield demographics and niche segments enable you to engage the tourists you want to attract.

Training & Development

We deliver customized in-person and online training programs to keep destination marketing teams and stakeholders up to speed.

HYT Showcase

Turning Segmentation into Yield

Goal

Align destination assets with the right visitor segments to increase yield, reduce leakage, and improve experience delivery, without increasing visitor volume.

Approach

Segmented Key Markets

Moved beyond broad national data to identify high-potential sub-segments.

Asset-Driven Targeting

Matched destination strengths, culinary heritage, nature access, authentic crafts—with segment needs and seasonal travel patterns.

Capacity Built for Quality

Focused on training local businesses, improving accessibility, and bundling experiences tailored to segment expectations.

Outcome

By aligning market segmentation with internal capacity, the destination delivered on its brand promise, attracting better-fit travelers and growing value sustainably.

Average Spend per Visitor up

Off-Peak Occupancy up

New Source Cities up

Visitor Satisfaction up

Economic Leakage down

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EPISODE 22

Why the Economic Geography of Tourism Really Matters to Destinations

Explore how Joao Romao’s insights on the economic geography of tourism reveal new ways destinations can balance growth, sustainability, and community well-being.

 

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