How Vanuatu got Aussies to Answer the Call
Agency
Apparent, GTI Tourism
Client
Vanuatu Tourism Office
Awards
Bronze
Travel, Leisure & Media
Colin Wilson-Brown Award
Travel, Leisure & Media
Finalist
Challenger Brands
Case Study
Summary
Slumping arrivals, a string of natural disasters, and shattered traveller confidence left Vanuatu with no easy path to get Aussies to visit. The breakthrough was differentiation. Rather than competing on the Pacific's familiar promise of relaxation, Vanuatu leaned into what only it could claim: raw, unfiltered adventure, closer than Australians think. Answer the Call of Vanuatu delivered three years of recovery in a single year: consideration up 44%, arrivals up 28%, and every dollar returned $21 into the local economy.
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Credits
| Louisa Tufale | Short Haul Markets Manager | Vanuatu Tourism Office |
| Rachel Koran | Short Haul Markets Coordinator | Vanuatu Tourism Office |
| Josh Fardell | Strategy Director | Apparent |
| Jason Hill | Chief Strategy Officer | Apparent |
| Hamish Stewart | Chief Creative Officer | Apparent |
| Suzie Cotterill | Group Account Director | Apparent |
| Alana Von Drehnen | Art Director | Apparent |
| Jessie Staszkiewicz | Copywriter | Apparent |
| Jack Caldwell | Senior Producer | Apparent |
| Jess Barry | Senior Account Manager | Apparent |
| Tasha Meehan | Senior Account Director | Apparent |
| Louise Acret | Creative Director | Apparent |
| Hayden Mead | Business Director | Apparent |
| Tanya Tankiang | Executive Producer | Apparent |
| Ruben Savariego | Designer | Apparent |
| Jessica Cory | Account Director | GTI Tourism |
| Nella Auvinen | Consumer Marketing Specialist | GTI Tourism |
| Sarah Anderson | Managing Director | GTI Tourism |
| Mia Ingham | PR Account Director | GTI Tourism |
| Annabel Staines | PR Senior Account Executive | GTI Tourism |
| Tiarna Henry-Wharton | Account Manager | GTI Tourism |