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Storytelling In Destination Brand Communication: A Qualitative Analysis, Mehmet C. Yavuz, Muzaffer Sumbul, Nuket E. Ergec, Cetin I. Derdiyok
Storytelling In Destination Brand Communication: A Qualitative Analysis, Mehmet C. Yavuz, Muzaffer Sumbul, Nuket E. Ergec, Cetin I. Derdiyok
Journal of Global Business Insights
Stories help consumers to make sense of the product and/or services in marketing and branding. Especially in tourism, storytelling is an effective channel for destination brand communication. Stories are powerful because they turn myths into tangible consumer experience creators; they provide insights and encourage learning. Tourists have always needed myths-stories with attractive plots and characters to make sense of the tourism destination. So it’s important to have portfolio of attractive, positive stories and effective storytelling channels in destination brand communication for any destination brand. In this paper, certain stories derived from a formerly conducted research about a city destination were …