Research & Resources
Destinations International is the collective voice of destination organizations, empowering destinations on issues big and small. We strive to be champions for our members and recognize the importance of keeping our members abreast of the challenges and opportunities presenting themselves in the marketplace. DI educates, equips, and empowers its members to advocate on behalf of their destination organizations and their destination communities. We use our collective voice to elevate and advance the mission, goals, and efforts of destination organizations. Destinations International is constantly expanding industry knowledge, introducing new ideas and developing forward-focused research and relevant data.
Advocacy Resources
Destinations International is the collective voice of destination organizations, empowering destinations on issues big and small. We strive to be champions for our members and recognize the importance of keeping our members abreast of the challenges and opportunities presenting themselves in the marketplace. DI educates, equips, and empowers its members to advocate on behalf of their destination organizations and their destination communities.
Become a community asset focused on your residents as your primary customers.
Words matter in politics, and they need to be chosen carefully to carry an emotional connection to people's values and the values of our industry.
Destination Promotion: A Catalyst for Community Vitality
Discover a suite of resources to help you showcase the power of destination promotion in your community.
Social Impact
Social impact in the tourism industry is the measurable and long-lasting contribution destinations make to their communities, economies and environments through responsible and welcoming tourism strategies.
By demonstrating impact through outcomes, social impact ensures that travel is not only an economic driver but also a force for positive change that benefits people and places beyond the visitor experience.
Destination Tools
Built on best practices, insights, and research, our destination tools and products work to provide best practices and strategies to increase relevancy and raise the level of professionalism for the success of destination organizations.
Destination Booking Agreement
As destination organizations and business event strategists evaluate the continually shifting requirements for events, it is important to have the needs and commitments clearly outlined for both organizations to maximize the success of their business event strategies.
Public Relations Measurement Guidelines Handbook
The Public Relations and Communications Task Force has combined efforts with AMEC, the International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communication, which is the world’s largest media intelligence and insights professional body, to collaborate on establishing public relations and communications measurement guidelines for destination organizations.