Designing an effective visitor map requires more than simply showing roads and landmarks. A well-prepared map should anticipate the needs of its users, present information read more…
Tourism North East (TNE) has a clear and ambitious vision for Victoria’s High Country – “to own cycle tourism in Victoria” and position the area read more…
When helping local governments with their tourist signage, we notice that many are not clear on the guidelines surrounding the blue signs. These are signs read more…
Wayfound has recently completed consultations for tourism signage strategies in two regional areas, one in Western Australia and one in NSW. And despite being on read more…
Visitor Information Bays are still a key way to orient visitors and provide information about the attractions, service and facilities available in your area. Some read more…
Do you need written content for your website, brochure, interpretive signs, display, blog, latest news, advertising? Some clients we have choose to write their own read more…
Wayfound works with a lot of regional towns, shires and development organisations to develop trails and tourist attractions. They know they need to give people read more…
Interpretive signage projects require considerable investment so it is important to get it right. Often we see interpretive signage that has missed the basics of read more…
Start with the brand strategy – understand the brand. To build a strong brand amid increasing competition, across social media and possibly across mass media read more…
The Golden Quest Discovery Trail was launched in 2003. It is nearly 1,000kms in length, has 25 official sites and intimately explores the evolution of read more…
A success story from the Midwest of the USA If you follow us at Wayfound, you’ll know that we are keen promotors of trails as read more…
What are they and why you need one Over the years, Wayfound has worked with many local governments who need to improve how they manage and read more…
A Case Study of Western Australia’s Wheatbelt Way The Wheatbelt Way is a self-drive trail through the North Eastern Wheatbelt in Western Australia. It was read more…
Tourism is now recognised as one of the main economic drivers for regional Australia with both intrastate, interstate and overseas visitors choosing to visit the Australian countryside. When read more…
Wayfound’s suite of services includes the creation of the humble visitor information map. They don’t win any prizes for design, they just do their job read more…
Tourism and Events Queensland describes the drive tourism market as “visitors who travel for leisure and use a vehicle to reach their destination. This includes read more…
Is good pedestrian wayfinding signage important? Yes – absolutely! Good pedestrian wayfinding signage and systems encourage people to walk and be out and about in read more…
Well-branded, interesting and Good Signage Helps to Attract Tourists to your Destination. It provides an opportunity to promote what your area has on offer. We’ve read more…
Wayfound is interested in destination branding and marketing. So, we’re keen to learn about any initiatives that help to attract visitors and get them to read more…
Tourist destinations need activities and events to attract visitors Tourism is a key economic driver in Western Australia, generating more than 94,000 jobs and injecting read more…
Visitor signage is a key part of destination marketing and management. Signage has many functions – it can attract visitors, provide direction and wayfinding, inform and read more…
In 2011, the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) released EXPERIENCES, a toolkit for tourism businesses. The toolkit was based on extensive research with travellers from read more…
Free Public Wifi – improves the visitor experience, makes bookings easy & valuable data for future marketing. Wayfound can take care of WiFi planning, installation, read more…
How important is Information Bay Signage to the overall mix in a locality or regional destination marketing strategy? Is it crucial to the visitors decision read more…
Wayfound has recently surveyed Western Australian rural and regional councils about the state of tourist and interpretive signage in there areas. The results of the read more…