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Product brands
Service brands
e-brands
Person as a brand ( celebrity branding )
Corporate brands
NGO brands
Association brands ( AMA, Bombay Management
Association, Advertising Club Bombay, Nasscom / SIAM )
Intl/National/Regional/Local brands / Private Labels
Destination brands
What is DESTINATION BRANDING ?
Branding creates that first idea Branding efforts should be
about a destination in the based on visitors perceptions
consumers mind about the destination
Sone Ki Chidiya
Bird of Gold
India Brand
Equity Incredible !ndia
Foundation Atithi Devo Bhava
Incredible !ndia
Rural Tourism
Scheme
Symbols that helped create BRAND INDIA
A concerted effort to market India abroad as a hot spot tourist destination began in the
year 2002. Due to its ability to generate growth and employment in other sectors of the
economy, the Government of India developed the National Tourism Policy in the year
2002.
The objective of the National Tourism Policy was to position India as a global brand to
take advantage of the burgeoning global travel trade and vast untapped potential of
India as a destination.
Conceptualized in 2002 by V Sunil (while he was Creative Director, O&M Delhi), and
Amitabh Kant, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, in order to create a distinctive brand
identity for India.
Iconic Incredible !ndia logo, where the exclamation mark that formed the I of India
was used to great effect across all communications. The campaign successfully
established India as a high-end tourist destination, generating a 16% increase in tourist
traffic in the first year of its launch in the year 2002.
The campaign mounted a concerted effort in international print, electronic, and internet
media besides outdoor advertising and road shows to showcase the country's tourism-
friendly aspects.
PRINT ADS
A few Outcomes of Incredible !ndia Campaign
From 17,000 international arrivals in 1951, the number grew to 39 lakh in the 2005.
Conde Nast Traveller ranked India as the 4th most preferred travel destination in the
year 2006.
Between the years 2003-2006, there was a 45.5 per cent growth in foreign tourist
arrivals into India.
The share of India in world earnings from tourism registered an increase from 0.98 per
cent in 2004 to 1.21 per cent in 2006.
Tourism in India is the third largest net earner of foreign exchange and contributes to
almost 6 per cent to our GDP .
Individual Indian states launched their own tourism campaigns under the Incredible
!ndia umbrella : Madhya Pradesh The Heart of Incredible India.
The tourism ministry is now focusing on niche areas like medical, ecology, rural, golf,
wellness and spiritual tourism.
A few Outcomes of Incredible !ndia Campaign
Winner of 2005 Pacific Asia Travel
Association
Winner of 2004 PATA Gold Award for - ( PATA ) Grand Award in the Heritage (HE)
Marketing, Government for its "Incredible category, for its Ajanta Ellora
India Campaign Conservation & Tourism Development
Project
Travel and Leisure- Highest Recalled ADVT -
Worldwide Winner of 2005 PATA Gold Award in the
Print Media (AD-P) category for its
"Incredible-Taj" advts.
Incredible !ndia Rural Tourism Scheme
A key objective of the Explore Rural India was to promote village tourism in order to
spread tourism and its socio economic benefits to rural and new geographic regions
in India.
The Rural Tourism Project launched under the Incredible India campaign received
global recognition by winning the World Travel Award 2006 for the Worlds Leading
Responsible Tourism Project
Incredible India Rural Tourism Scheme
Incredible India Atithi Devo Bhava
Towards the end of the year 2002, the working of IBEF was
transferred to the Confederation of Indian Industries ( CII )
and the India Brand Equity Fund was re-christened as the
India Brand Equity Foundation
India Everywhere
Attacks and
Security Threats Murders of
Corporate
Mumbai terrorist Foreign Tourists
Scandals - Satyam
attacks etc in Goa etc
Brand India in the year 2009
Security has turned out to be a serious issue of concern after the Mumbai 2008
terrorist attacks, and the image of India took a further beating after the huge
corporate scandal involving Indias leading software company Satyam Computers.
Tourist arrivals to India were down by more than 17 percent in January 2009 due to
the global economic crisis, and there was a decline in foreign tourist arrivals to the
country in the months of December 2008 and January 2009.
So how exactly is India perceived ?
Developing, Measuring and Comparing a
Destination Brand
In the year 1996, Simon Anholt coined the term Nation Branding,
and in the year 2005, Simon Anholt developed the Nation Brands
Index as a way to measure the image of a destination.
A survey conducted among the Global Indians and the Non Resident Indians
important stakeholders for brand India, as they carry the message of India abroad,
and help India to attract investments and tourists.
Growth : Real GDP growth for Travel & Tourism economy is expected to be 0.2% in 2009
and to average 7.7% per annum over the coming 10 years.
Exports : Export earnings from international visitors and tourism goods are expected to
generate 6.0% of total exports (Rs 811.9 billion or US$16.9 billion) in 2009, growing
(nominal terms) to Rs 2,819.0 billion or US$51.4 billion (4.1% of total) in 2019.
Focus of Brand India Trade or Tourism ?
It should focus on everything quickly building its equity not only in tourism but
also trade.
The one land that all men desire to see and having seen once, by even a
glimpse, would not give the glimpse for all the shows of all the rest of the globe
combined
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