Monday, November 23, 2009

Tourism Videos Online

This blog has been an enjoyable one. It was fun to go online and search for different kinds of videos that help to improve tourism spending. This has been an interesting couple of years in the tourism industry with the economy but plenty of websites are continuing to improve their sites with more additions of video tours. I looked around and found 15 different websites that had videos. I have listed those websites below.
The fifteen websites all had some pretty good videos to help illustrate what is being presented and how it can catch an interesting tourists' eye. Out of those 15, I have selected 5 that had some real videos. Those 5 come from the 1) Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, O'ahu, Hawaii, 2) Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Texas, 3) Carnival Cruise Lines, 4) The Four Seasons Resort in Bali, and 5) Tahiti Tourisme, the official tourism website of Tahiti. Of those listed websites that I took a look at, the best one had to easily be the Polynesian Cultural Center.
The Polynesian Cultural Center is such an awesome place to visit. It takes many of the cultures from the South Pacific Islands and mixes them together for visitors from all over the world to enjoy and learn more about the different Polynesian lifestyles. There are 7 islands, lifestyles presented at the Polynesian Cultural Center and those are broken up into respective villages. The visitors are able to participate in the activities and learn more about the Samoan, Tongan, Hawaiian, Fijian, Tahitian, New Zealand, and Rapa Nui islands and the people that live there. The workers at the center are so friendly and really incorporate the visitors in the activities. It really is an amazing place and anybody that goes over to Hawaii should plan a day to go to the Polynesian Cultural Center to visit the villages.
After the visitors take the day visiting the villages, they are then scheduled to eat at different areas. There is a Luau with a buffet and dancing for entertainment, some people pay a little more to eat at the Ambassador Luau with crab legs and other meats that melt in your mouth, and then some people choose to skip that and eat at the snack shops. After the eating, the visitors are brought to the main theater to view the night show. This is when the workers at the center do dances and perform the rituals of each island. The dancing is symbolic of war, love, peace, and friendship. The haka is performed as well as the fire dancers and the awesome fire knife dance. It really is an unforgettable experience.
The videos on the website really show much of what to expect at the Polynesian Cultural Center. It shows various movies that range from the night show to the canoe show and even the villages. Take some time to go and see the videos. It will definitely spark an interest inside to want to visit Hawaii and take a trip to the Polynesian Cultural Center.

1)Turtle Bay Resort http://www.turtlebayresort.com/
2)Polynesian Cultural Center http://polynesia.com/
3)Disneyland http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/home/home?name=HomePage
4)Schlitterbahn Water Park http://www.schlitterbahn.com/
5)MGM Grand Resort and Casino http://www.mgmgrand.com/
6)Carnival Cruise Lines http://www.carnival.com/
7)Denver CVB http://www.denver.org/
8)Dallas Cowboys Stadium http://stadium.dallascowboys.com/
9)U.S. Airways Center http://www.usairwayscenter.com/start/
10)Southwest Airlines http://www.southwest.com/
11)Sydney, Australia Opera House http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/
12)Tahiti Tourisme http://www.tahiti-tourisme.com/
13)Four Seasons in Bali at Sayan http://www.fourseasons.com/sayan/
14)Eurail: Italy http://www.eurail.com/eurail-countries-italy
15)Whistler Blackcomb http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/index.htm