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Charita JASHI
Professor of Tbilisi State Univerity
Georgia
Abstract
The article explores how information and communication tecnology is changing marketing of tourism. Using the social
media marketing instruments for promoting tourism industry in Georgia market is obviously incraesing. Social media marketing is the
way for companies for getting close to consumers. According to the International Tourist Research Centers 88% of representatives
of tourism business are actively used social media and 70 % of consumers trust of recommendation given by social networks . Social
media marketing can also be helpful in understanding the attitudes of customers. Tourism is one of the main priority of Georgian industry,
where a number of activities were provided for supporting tourism development in the country. At the same time , the value of social
media marketing in tourism business is not well recognized yet. There`s lack of investigation about the impact of social media marketing
on tourist behavior in the country. You can find websites and blogs on tourism, but it is rather difficult to obtain effective analytical
articles on tourism in the virtual space. It is urgent to involve representatives of academic sphere , to prepare attractive materials for
tourists. Social network consumer has opportunity to share opinions with million consumers about toursim destinations, service quality.
Why is important to analyze the knowledge of tourist consumer behavior for promoting toursim business activity. Social media should
be integrated into marketing mix and lead customers to the useful and right direction.
Keyworlds: social media marketing , toursim, attitudes of customers, knowledge, service quality.
Significance of Social Media Marketing in Tourism and 6.5 billion mobile connections. (Travel and Tourism ,
World Travel Tourism Council in 2011)
One of the most competitive fields of Service sector
is tourism industry, which requires effective management of Social media refers the activities of different
natural, financial and human resources existing in country. customers in the society , gathering and sharing online
For developing tourism industry in any country is therefore information and knowledge. Marketers know that
important to provide relevant Infrastructure, improve service theoretically, social media should be a powerful way to
quality and increase of customer satisfaction. The essence generate sustainable, positive word-of-mouth marketing.
of successful marketing is to provide sufficient value to It is very important that marketers select the right social
gain loyal, long-term customers. There are different types media platform, design the right message and engage
of instruments in marketing, which aims to achieve of the right users to spread that message for implementing
customer satisfaction and loathly. Social media is a successful campaign. Tourism review team works daily
crucial tool for success in business today. People are already with a number of collaborative media for tourism industry
talking about the business using social media , companies and attracting millions visitors from different countries.
could establish good relations directly to the customers. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Podcasts and travelshake are
Use of the internet for booking tends to be higher in countries the best known and effective social media networks for
that have high internet penetration levels and usage of marketing in tourism and hospitality industry.
credit cards, especial in the USA and UK. But the highest
levels, interestingly, can be found in some smaller Travel The impact and usage of social media marketing
and Tourism markets such as Scandinavia (65% and higher) strategies are very crucial for satisfying tourist demand in
and Australia. Globally, different estimates suggest that the global world. The creation and accessibility of internet
more than 50% of leisure trips and 40% of business trips are space has radically changed tourists motivation to plan and
booked online. By 2014, over 3 billion of the world’s adult book trips with different destination. Companies grow their
population will be able to transact electronically via mobile confidence and familiarity with the social web to receive all
or internet technology with a 90% mobile penetration rate successful information from researching travel on websites
or social networks.
• Tourist company providing personalize messages • Inactive - customers are not involved in social nets
and content directly interested segment of customers . and are passive;
The tourism and hospitality industry is turning to • Spectator- customers are only observer adn
social media to engage customers in a more personal sharing the idea ;
way. Almost two-thirds of travel companies plan to increase
• Joiner – customers registered in the nets , but are
their social media marketing budgets. social media using
very passive ;
marketing instruments for business development.
• Critical - active involved and sharing the ideas;
Increasing companies involvement in social
media and statistics in this field are very impressive: • Creator –customers are making blogs themselves .
of users from around the globe who have helped create one It is urgent to involve representatives of academic sphere ,
of the strongest travel communities on the internet. to prepare comprehensive attractive materials for tourists.
Social network consumer has opportunity to share opinions
The demographical diversity of the users is a with million consumers about toursim destinations, service
huge advantage which has been leveraged in the past with quality is rather weak .
the success of travel trends and surveys. Most of social
bookmarking services support internet users to organize Thre`s limited research related how service
their bookmarks with informal tags such as tourism, travel, providers percive and employ social media to influence
marketing etc. Such tags in fact promote your travel business customer`s decesion making process. It should be anaylyzed
and make it much more visible and searchable by search perceptions regarding social media to influence.
engines.
Companies must address a full spectrum of
With the continuous growth of social media, consideration for developing and implementing a new media
researchers must find ways to betterexplain the phenomenon marketing strategy to promote Georgia tourism and engage
and generate insights for practitioners who are keen to travelers online via social media platforms. Undoubtedly,
engage and connect with travelers within and beyond these. social media currently represent a dynamic online travel
information source that can greatly influence travel
Patricia Brusha (hospitality.net) says there are 5 consumers.
distinct types of social users: the Butterfly, the Selective, the
Connected, the Starter and the New Norm. This is a good We beleive that social media marketing would
start to understanding social behavior and creating your be strong instrument to forward tourism and hospitality
online social media travel marketing strategy. industry in the country.
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Practitioners on social media: An exploratory study, 2012
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