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How do you know when heritage sites need interpretation?
Is your heritage interpretation a disaster? Look for the warning signs!
Here are a few indicators that heritage sites are in desperate need of new or improved interpretive programs or services:
- Visitation numbers have not significantly increased over the past 2-3 years (and you can’t always blame it on the weather!)
- Visitation numbers have flat lined (no growth)
- Visitation numbers are far below expected numbers in relationship to site location (population bases), and to the visitation numbers to other similar heritage sites
- Visitation numbers are decreasing (over one or more years)
- Site visitor management problems are increasing or remain unresolved (littering, etc.)
- You have very poor community support (image, etc.)
- You are experiencing a reduction in grant aid support from past years
- Visitors do not leave your heritage site truly understanding the story of the site, or the value in preservation of historic sites and landscapes
- Memberships to your organization are flat or declining
- Your agency has poor name and mission recognition
- Your heritage site lacks sparkle, excitement, fun, experiences, and BENEFITS to visitors
- Your marketing brochures have pictures of landscapes, furniture or buildings, but no people in the pictures
- You have to reduce hours of operation due to poor visitation
- It is difficult to keep guides or volunteers
- Staff begin to move on to other sites
- On a Saturday afternoon in the summer your site looks “empty”!
Visit our projects list!
- Find out about HDC heritage interpretation services
- what is heritage interpretation?
- why do you need heritage interpretation?
- what are the benefits of heritage interpretation?
- what are interpretive planning themes & objectives?
- who was Freeman Tilden?
- heritage interpretation planning
- heritage interpretation design
- heritage interpretation panel & exhibit fabrication
- heritage interpretation training
- developing tourist trails
- request for proposal guidance notes
- exhibit request for proposal template
- interpretive planning request for proposal template
- panel request for proposal template
- Find out about HDC tourism development
- tourism strategy & policy
- tourism training
- developing tourism partnerships
- cemetery tourism
- birdwatching tourism
- fishing tourism
- watchable wildlife tourism
- Find out about HDC tourism marketing
- exhibition services
- travel trade marketing
- public relations and awareness
- tourism brochure design
- tourism research
- tourism facts
Contact us to see how we can help you!
Heritage Destination Consulting Ltd.
heritage interpretation & tourism consultants
www.heritagedestination.com
www.heritagedestination.co.uk
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