If you have some extra money that you would like to invest in a business, you may want to consider starting a tourism related business as tourism is booming around the world. It has been noted that the tourists themselves are changing because in the past travellers were known to be big time spending individuals such as businessmen and generally rich folk however today that trend is changing with travellers today consisting mostly of back packers and younger people who are travelling the world on a minimal budget. As such, the big fancy five star hotels that were once the go to accommodation for tourists are no longer considered an affordable option. Many of these younger, trendier tourists are simply looking for a simple and clean place to sleep the night while they are on their way to another location. As a result of this trend, it has been noted that there are many alternative accommodation solutions starting to arise from hostels, back packer inns and small affordable guest houses to accommodate this new trend of tourists and therefore investing your money on a location such as this would be a great idea.
Marketing your new guest house
Of course, you will need to keep in mind that there are many small guest houses and hotels starting up and therefore you will have a lot of competition. As such, you will need to market your new location differently and make it stand out in a crowd by offering different facilities and comforts. You will also need to market your guest house with videos and pictures on social media as this is the way that most of these younger tourists look for their accommodation options for their trip. You may need to invest in a professional DSLR camera, a gopro and a 3 axis gimbal for gopro hero 4 in order to shoot some amazing footage of your location for your social media page.
While many people will think of hiring a professional to take these pictures and videos for them in order to avoid having to invest money in the gopro handheld stabilizer, the gopro and the DSLR camera they may not realize how much they will be saving on the long run by doing the pictures and videos themselves.
It is also important that you keep your Facebook page, your Twitter page and your instagram page active with daily pictures, videos and updates and therefore hiring a professional every day is a very expensive option on the long run in comparison to buying your own equipment.