Implication Of Characteristics Of Tourism Products Towards Marketing Strategy

Strategy of tourism marketing product is started by determining the market which is initially heterogeneous in to homogenous groups. Hereafter, determining the market which is targeted. After, succeeding, the next step is positioning to build the product image and the last one is implementing the marketing mix which is representing the combination of some variables utilized to reach the target. There are some suggestions are related to this topic, the first one is doing marketing. It shall be started with the marketing segmentation. After the transaction finished, maintaining the relationship is required. The relationship represents the after-sales service which aim to remain the tourist nostalgia in order to make them revisit the tourist destination. Others, service provider shall optimize the role of human resources who have high competence, product diversification, competitive prices and intensive promotion.

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