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The Agency Specialists for Travel Destination Marketing

Grow your travel destination’s tax revenue and economic impact with Watauga Group’s team of travel industry experts and our specialized marketing solutions designed to maximize your destination’s quantity of new and returning visitors, occupancy rates, and overall economic development.

NEXT LEVEL

Marketing Solutions

Bid farewell to outdated advertising approaches. Whether your destination boasts national recognition or is a cherished local gem, achieve a new level of marketing success with Watauga.

Our mission is to redefine destination marketing, offering you a partnership that goes beyond the ordinary. Discover unparalleled visitor and market insights, surgically target new and diverse audiences, and cost-effectively drive first-time and repeat visitors.

Your travel destination deserves the spotlight, and we’re here to ensure it shines brighter than ever.

Attractions Marketing

MAXIMIZING

Results for Destinations

EXPERIENCE

That Speaks Volumes

With two decades of advertising experience, we’ve partnered with renowned destinations like Dollywood, Visit Panama City Beach, The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, and the Atlanta Botanical Garden, among others. Tailoring unique marketing and advertising strategies for each organization, our expertise extends to:

  • Destination Marketing Organizations (DMO)
  • Tourism Development Authorities (TDA)
  • Convention and Visitor Bureaus (CVB)
  • State Tourism Offices
  • Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
  • Amusement & Theme Parks
  • Family Entertainment Centers
  • Zoos & Aquariums
  • Water Parks & Resorts
  • Botanical Gardens
  • Museums & Science Centers
  • Sports Franchises & Events

TRUSTED

by Top Travel Destinations, Zoos, Theme Parks, Aquariums, Water Parks, and Museums

dollywood logo
panama city beach
harlem globetrotters
civil rights trail circle logo
columbus zoo
arnold palmer invitational logo
globe trotters
strong museum

OUR SUCCESS STORIES

Dollywood

300% Increase on ROAS

Legoland/Atlantic Luggage

New Leads at 80% Lower CPL

Visit Panama City Beach

First Time Visitors up 64%

Atlanta Botanical Gardens

Record Event Attendance

US Civil Rights Trail

Over 1 Million Page Views

Arnold Palmer Invitational

Increased Ticket Sales 12%

Advertising Solutions:

Traditional ​Advertising

Digital Advertising​

SPECIALIZED

Expertise For Destinations

Watauga begins every client engagement with in-depth research and discovery of your unique goals, business challenges, past advertising efforts, and target audiences. Leveraging first-party data and our best-in-class research tools, we unveil the motivations and media behaviors that drive visitors and guests to action. While that’s where we start, Watauga’s solutions encompass a range of marketing services and capabilities based on your specific requirements.

In-House Marketing Capabilities:

Consumer and Guest Research

Visitor and Market Analysis

Media Mix Modeling

Traditional and Digital Advertising

Media Planning and Buying

Campaign Management

Programmatic Advertising

Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

Social Media Marketing

Data Analytics and Reporting

2024 Attraction Visitor Report

Dive deep into the mind of today’s attraction visitor with our “2024 Attraction Visitor Report: Insights for Maximizing New & Repeat Guests.” Watauga’s unique attitudinal research study, featuring insights from 3,590 participants, explores the attitudes and perceptions of both current and potential attraction guests for theme parks, zoos, aquariums, water parks, museums, and FECs.. Get your complimentary copy of the report by clicking below.

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2024 Attraction
Visitor Report

Empowering theme parks, zoos, aquariums, water parks, museums, and family entertainment centers to effectively navigate today’s consumer landscape.