IRT ORGANIZES FAM TRIP FOR CHINESE TRAVEL MEDIA
(Posted 22nd August 2016)
The Chinese market is a priority market for the destination Reunion. Multiplying the trade and promotion with the Middle Kingdom, the Reunion Island Tourism Board (IRT) under the leadership of the French Region of Reunion, has this week welcomed media and social personalities on the island to increase brand awareness and drive strong momentum among the general Chinese public. China, which has become the most important foreign source market for Reunion, represents a promising market for the Reunion tourism sector, with a trend that will grow in view of the growing middle class in China to come up.
Reunion, heart stroke the world’s number travel magazine
At the end of this press trip for the delegation of journalists, photographers and videographers, twenty articles will be published for the China market in October 2016 , complete with a special brochure featuring Reunion Island. Circulation of almost a million copies will the articles reach an audience of over fifteen million readers and subscribers, through the China National Geographic magazine. This is an amazing new spotlight which will benefit Reunion.
The internet / global web will be used too, since broadcast live videos from Salazie were performed, and the general public, captured by the videos and pictures relayed via Weibo social networks (25 million followers) and WeChat (20 million views) plus the Chinese edition of National Geographic. In addition to these media devices, a road movie type of video will air on NGC networks .
Reunion in the eyes of the Chinese star Zhou Bichang
Among the journalists from National Geographic is also the popular singer and Chinese actress Zhou Bichang, who will offer his fame to highlight the destination to the Chinese public. High-profile and influential with 18,350,000 fans on Weibo, the winner of Pop Idol China issue, equivalent of New Star in France, has already broadcast on his social networks pictures about his trip to the island . Also, during his upcoming concert in Shanghai, the video of his road trip to Reunion will be broadcast to over ten thousand spectators and screened on Baidu, the equivalent in China of Youtube.
The Chinese social media star will also feature an exhibition of his best photos taken during his stay.
With the exemption of visas for Chinese nationals, the IRT continues its activities which aim is to publicize and promote the island, increase brand awareness and increase sales of the product alone Meeting or combined market Chinese.
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