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June 2018 TEQ Marketing Strategy 2025 Executive Summary Vision and The Opportunity Tourism and Events Queensland’s (TEQ) Marketing Strategy 2025 provides a platform to realise the TEQ vision of inspiring consumers to visit through showcasing Queensland’s hero experiences. Tourism and Events Queensland Vision INSPIRING through brand, integrated marketing and events THE WORLD in priority domestic and international source markets TO EXPERIENCE Queensland’s signature experiences and events THE BEST through quality and innovation ADDRESS ON EARTH showcasing the best of Queensland The Opportunity international source markets, supporting Tourism has been identified as a key growth Queensland jobs; industry critical to the overall success and Maintain and grow Queensland’s share resilience of the Queensland economy. of Australian OVE; and Tourism contributes 7.5% of Gross State Grow equity in the Queensland brand. Product (GSP) and employs 220,000 TEQ has undertaken consumer research Queenslanders, generating $25 billion for in Australia, and is liaising with Tourism the state. Queensland’s tourism industry Australia (TA) to ensure an aligned approach has the potential to generate $33.1 billion to segmentation in all TEQ source markets. by 20251 , and contribute to the generation of 85,000 jobs2. TEQ plays a key role in Research shows that Queensland’s supporting industry growth and jobs experiences are the primary driver of through: holiday planning and travel. In the eyes of consumers, Queensland owns a range of Marketing and promoting tourism in unique and aspirational experiences, and Queensland; remains one of the strongest brands in the Tourism experience and destination travel category. development; and TEQ marketing is consumer-led, experience- Working to identify, attract and promote focused and destination-delivered: major events. Consumer research has formed the To reach its full potential, Queensland’s basis for the marketing strategy; tourism industry must overcome a number Marketing will be based on the of challenges, including intense competition Queensland Experience Framework from domestic and international which focuses on those Hero destinations. TEQ has developed the Experiences that are the heart and soul Marketing Strategy 2025 (the strategy) to of the Queensland story, and; guide tourism marketing and experience development. This long-term strategy aims Hero Experiences will be brought to life to realise three objectives for Queensland’s by the Best of Queensland Experiences tourism industry: - those tourism operators, events and iconic locations that showcase the best Increase overnight visitor expenditure of what Queensland destinations have (OVE) from priority domestic and to offer. What does success look like? In pursuit of the vision, inspiring the world to experience the best address on earth, TEQ has defined three corporate objectives with corresponding targets for Queensland’s 3 tourism industry to reach its 2025 potential . These objectives will be realised through the execution of five strategic marketing priorities. Corporate Measures Strategic Marketing Objectives and 2025 Targets Priorities 1. Increase OVE from Total Queensland OVE: Relentlessly pursue 1 targets markets with key domestic and $33.1 bn (contributing international source to the generation the greatest potential markets, supporting of 85,000 to grow Queensland’s 2 share of OVE Queensland jobs additional jobs) 2. Maintain and grow Queensland share of Showcase Queensland’s Queensland’s share total Australian OVE: hero experiences of Australian OVE 23.4% – 26.0% and events to create competitive advantage 3. Grow equity in the Queensland Brand Queensland brand Equity Index: Inspire a global 3.3 (Nielsen, all audience focusing on respondents) the conversion of High Value Travellers from priority markets 1 Tourism Research Australia (TRA). Note: TRA reviews and revises the Forecasts on an annual basis. Accordingly, TEQ will review the target annually. All targets are based on existing data sources at Ensure a focus on the the time of publication. Measurement of these is subject to the best of Queensland availability and consistency of these data sources. 2 tourism operators, Estimate based on expenditure forecasts in Tourism Forecasts 2017 published by Tourism Research Australia and job creation events and locations data in TRA’s Tourism State Satellite Accounts 2016-17. that deliver exceptional, 3The corporate objectives are aligned to the functions of TEQ quality experiences detailed in the Tourism and Events Queensland Act 2012. These include TEQ’s function to attract international and domestic travellers to Queensland, contribute to the Queensland economy and enhance the profile of Queensland. Note that measures and Maximise visitation 2025 targets reflect industry performance and are affected by a and expenditure multitude of factors in addition to destination marketing. Queensland OVE and market share is monitored on a quarterly across Queensland basis. Reporting and review of Queensland’s Brand Equity Index will occur annually. All actions are reviewed annually under TEQ’s business planning process. Consumer Research - understanding the opportunity presented by High Value Travellers Considering the opportunities and Domestic and International challenges facing Queensland’s Segmentation tourism industry, TEQ has In order to achieve our goals of undertaken a series of consumer gaining market share and increasing research projects. The objective OVE in Queensland, TEQ targets is to inform a consumer-led domestic travellers who will generate and evidence-based marketing a disproportionate share of OVE for Queensland. Those identified as High Value approach. Travellers (HVT) engage in domestic leisure Research Findings (holiday or visiting friends and relatives) travel, spend more than the average Experiences within Queensland are traveller on leisure trips (>$2,000 per trip, the primary driver of holiday planning or $300 per night for shorter trips), and and travel; are aligned to Queensland’s competitive Queensland owns a range of unique offering, indicating they are interested in and aspirational experiences; having the types of leisure experiences Queensland remains one of the strongest Queensland has to offer. brands in the travel category; and Three domestic HVT segments with Queensland is considered by holiday different holiday preferences and travellers to be the primary destination behaviours have been identified, with regions considered more an representing approximately 4 million experience location than a destination Australians living interstate of Queensland, brand. and 1.1 million Queenslanders: Consumer research findings have Travelling with children informed the development of Queensland’s Experience Framework, and the refreshed 18-49 travelling without children Queensland brand. 50+ travelling without children Tourism Australia has embarked on a journey to transition from predominantly demographically defined and based target audiences across markets, to a global based behavioural and attitudinal target audience. This transformation is underpinned by the development of the HVT segment. As such, TEQ is liaising with TA to ensure an aligned approach to adopting an HVT approach to segmentation in all TEQ source markets. Source: High Value Traveller research commissioned with BDA Marketing Planning, 2017
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