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Membership Benefits For Visitor Attractions

Work with West Dorset District Council's tourism team to promote your visitor attraction and gain the following fantastic benefits on our website, in our Exploring West Dorset leaflet, in our successful West Dorset Holiday Guide and via our Tourist Information Centres:

Exploring West Dorset

• Text or display advertising in over 230,000 copies of this popular fold out guide to West Dorset's attractions.
• Extensive distribution to strategic outlets within a 50 miles radius including: Tourist Information Centres (TICs), accommodation establishments and holiday parks, airports, pubs and restaurants.
• Distribution via the Tourist Board's literature exchange service to outlets throughout the West Country

West Dorset Holiday Guide

• Listing or display advertising in an attractive feature in over 100,000 copies of our very successful holiday guide.
• Distribution via a carefully selected £60,000 promotional campaign, TICs and libraries.

Westdorset.com

New for 2008 - new easy to use, redesigned website
Our website currently receives over 250,000 visits per year. It is now managed by the same company that looks after websites for Bristol, Bath, the Lake District and others...helping us to be up there with the best. There are lots of exciting new features for 2008:

• New - all attraction entries will have a full page entry on our website with 200 words, 4 photos and a link to your own website if you have one.
• New - improved search facility so that website users can find your attraction more easily.
• New - multi-map will show the exact location of your attraction.
• New - opportunity to take banner advertising on our website, subject to availability, please phone for details.
• Our website is regularly updated and linked to key UK holiday promotion websites.

PLUS, your adverts in these publications and on our website will enable you to benefit from a number of other opportunities to work in partnership with West Dorset District Council's tourism team, many of which are free of charge:

• Guaranteed priority racking and discounted display opportunities in the West Dorset TICs, which have visitor numbers in excess of 450,000 p.a. and a page feature on the 24hr Public Access Terminal at each West Dorset TIC.
• Free participation in our £5,000 promotional campaign to organisers of coach tours and holidays for groups. For 2008 this will focus on a mix of web based and printed media advertising using our new website to provide more information, suggested itineraries and tour planning assistance.
• The opportunity to become involved in promotions to encourage days out in West Dorset such as our successful 'West Dorset Residents' Week' initiative.
• Your attraction featured on our pictorial map used in holiday newspapers, information boards, in TICs and in accommodation establishments.
• 3 Tourism Link newsletters per year to keep you updated with useful information, training courses, special offers and new campaigns throughout the year.
• Regular emails via our tourism update service on the latest training courses, promotional opportunities and industry news.
• Attendance at the annual West Dorset tourism business forum.

For full details of our membership rates please contact us.