dimanche 8 mars 2015

Promoting An Area Through Paranormal Tourism

By Leslie Ball


Now all over the world, people are very curious about the afterlife and the supernatural world because this is something that they cannot really explain. Now some tourism organizations or even business would actually promote ghost stories in their areas in order to get more media attention. This type of activity is known as paranormal tourism and it is actually very effective.

Now this type of strategy is extremely effective simply because through promoting the ghost stories of a certain area, people who are curious will want to visit. Now what marketers would do is that they would spread a simple ghost story in an area and let it go over the media. Nowadays, there are actually a lot of buildings like malls or resorts that are built on so called haunted grounds.

Of course there are three types of people that the businesses or organizations would want to attract by doing this type of promotion. These people are the supernatural investigators, the skeptics who do not believe in ghosts and such, and of course travelers who would want adventures. These three types of people will definitely not mind spending a night in a place that is rumored to be haunted.

Now firstly, the investigators are being targeted because they are the ones that would spread the news to the world. Now the investigators would either spread the news through blogs that they would right on their own websites or through videos. In any case, the investigators would usually conduct a documentary type of film that would be showcased in their website or on their Youtube page.

Now aside from that, the promoters would also be targeting the skeptics. The very reason for that is simply because skeptics would often want to prove people wrong by going to find out about the stories. Of course with the number of skeptics that are in the world, there will also be a huge number of visitors who would go to the haunted places.

Finally, the backpackers are also being targeted by the promotions. Now backpackers are actually looking for adventures which means that they will definitely want to check out a place with ghosts. These travelers are often the most curious and also the bravest of people.

So with those three people, a place can actually get good publicity by the promotion of ghost stories and urban legends. To supplement this, a lot of companies would even sell products or hold events that are related to the legend behind the place. This is done to further promote curiosity among the visitors.

Now ghost stories have been ticking the minds of people for many years. It is because of this that promoters would use this method to gain more publicity. That way, the name of a certain area will certainly spread around quickly.




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