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Discover Ipswich – Humans Wanted

Agency
Ipswich City Council
Client
Ipswich City Council
Awards
Silver
Best Smaller State Campaign
Silver
Travel, Leisure & Media
Summary
Ipswich's recent tourism success has come from thinking differently, researching our audience and challenging conventional marketing. Our goal — increase Domestic Overnight Visitation. Our Google Trekker 'Human Wanted' campaign embraced new technology and aligned with Australia's #1 website — Google Maps — usually applied to National Parks but we became the first region in the Southern Hemisphere to map our visitor precincts, walks and highlights. The journey to create this new visitor resource became a narrative for online audiences to maintain their interest over a year, build awareness, market the destination and reap free media coverage in the process.
Case study

2019 Travel– Leisure & Media – Discover Ipswich – Humans Wanted

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Credits
  Manager of Tourism Development   Alistair Tavares   Ipswich City Council        
  Industry Development Officer   Michael Williams   Ipswich City Council        
  Visitor Experience Team Leader   Vanida Petts   Ipswich City Council        
  Marketing Services Officer   Cassandra Ramsay   Ipswich City Council        
  Digital Officer   Brad Jardine   Ipswich City Council        
  COO of Economic Development and Marketing   Ben Pole   Ipswich City Council        
  Tour Guide   Josh Kerr   Ipswich City Council        
  Marketing and Publicity Officer   Wendy Hughes   Ipswich City Council        
  Tourism Program Officer   Michelle Brown   Ipswich City Council        
  Digital Officer   Nat Dunbar   Ipswich City Council        
  Nature-Based Recreation Officer   Ben Thomas   Ipswich City Council        
  Conservation Visitor Management Officer   Jody Gilbert   Ipswich City Council        

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