How to Make a Captivating Travel Brochure

Making a captivating travel brochure

The travel industry enters 2023 with a feeling of optimism. Based on the latest available data, this year could see international tourist arrivals in all the global regions reaching 80% to 95% of pre-pandemic levels. So today is the best time for all marketers working in the travel industry to analyze and refresh their content marketing strategies.

The good news is that travel brochures are not exclusively booked for hotels and resorts. A tourist spot or a travel destination, like a museum, local shop, or nature preserve, can also benefit greatly from creating brochures! In our article, we’re going to talk about the ways to make travel brochures for all kinds of tourist attractions and landmarks to empower your travel season marketing.

 

What is a Travel Brochure?

A travel brochure is a promotional material that advertises a destination, sightseeing attraction, or tour activity. Brochures can both inspire tourists to plan a trip as well as educate them about sights to see and things to do after they’ve arrived at their place of interest.

As far as brochure format is concerned, we would recommend you to create both printed and online travel brochures to suit the needs of a wider variety of clients. For instance, some of the tourists will prefer looking through your printed brochures right at your office. And others will want to receive an online brochure from you or just find it on the web and explore it comfortably at home. 

Creating travel brochures online will bring you numerous fresh opportunities for presenting content:

  • Give you a competitive edge with interactive engaging features, such as realistic page flip effect, videos, GIFs, pop-up images, and outbound links. You’ll be able to create a fully immersive reading experience with your brochure and get more bookings and sales.
  • Allow you to raise your brand awareness by customizing your brochure with company colors, adding a logo, favicon, and unique background.
  • Help you share your content easily via a direct link. Plus, you can embed a travel brochure into your website, share on social media or via a QR code.

Check out how enticing your travel brochure, made with a travel brochure maker, can look.

The Ritz-Carlton Brochure

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💡 If you want to create an online travel brochure but don't have a PDF yet, we've got you covered. Check out these free brochure Canva templates that you can design and then get back to FlippingBook for creating travel brochures right away. What's more, FlippingBook has a convenient integration with Canva that allows you to seamlessly proceed from designing a PDF in Canva to publishing your PDF to FlippingBook, where you can customize it and make it fun and interactive.

 

Create your travel brochure

 

Create your travel brochure

 

How to Create a Travel Brochure Step by Step

 

#1 Choose Bright and Compelling Imagery

Traveling and tourism are all about visualization. When thinking of a vacation we all imagine sandy beaches and wide ocean, old and cozy towns with cobble-stone pavements, or majestic mountains and rich blue skies. That’s why your tourist brochure should be built around high-quality professional photos that inspire emotion and help your readers imagine themselves in their dream destinations. 

When choosing imagery for your brochure, try to cover a variety of different sights that you offer to visit. Some travelers will be interested in seeing all the beaches in the area, some will want to know about parks and gardens, and for some, all the museums will be a must-see. If your business is a place of interest, like a café or museum, use photos of your most popular dishes or exhibit items

 

#2 Use a Color Scheme that Complements Your Imagery and Text

Colors also play an important role in creating the atmosphere of your travel brochure. If your brochure is about a tropical location, use bright blue, green, and yellow colors to highlight the images. If you’re a museum, use calm and pastel colors that make your brochure easier to read. You got the idea, right?

Hilton Travel Brochure

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#3 Write Descriptive Copy 

To engage your readers even further, write captivating copy that describes the images. Just keep your text friendly, genuine, and enthusiastic. But make it short and concise, so that your readers could grasp the main info right away: include lots of subtitles, bullet points, and other design elements for tourists who’d prefer to scan the text. Here are some tips on what you can include in your copy:

  • Share local tips: a great way to make a travel brochure more engaging is to include local tips. This sort of knowledge is not easy to come by, which makes it even more valuable. Speak to locals about their favorite cafés and shops, or a must-visit location for a picnic. Also, you can share travel hacks like where to find cheap trains, flights, and cabs. Your readers will appreciate the exclusivity of your information.

The Local Helena City Guide

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  • Include reviews: nowadays, before planning a trip tourists prefer to read reviews from other travelers rather than official booklets, and they’re much more likely to trust content created by their peers. So you can gather reviews from your clients and ask for permission to share them online. This way, you’ll build trust and ultimately increase bookings.
  • Highlight your benefits: when choosing where to go, travelers go through many different travel brochures and booklets, and the competition is very high in the market. The way to stand out from the crowd is to list your benefits in a compelling and concise way: pricing and discount, unique locations, exclusive entertainment, etc. Show your readers why they should choose you and not anyone else.

 

#4 Include Geographical Details and Contact Info

Put the address and contact information of your place of attraction right on the cover. Don’t forget to include comprehensive explanations and directions on how to get to your place inside the brochure. Make it easy for your readers to contact you via phone, email, or go and explore your website. 

Maps are another integral part of any travel brochure. Place a general map near the front of your brochure to provide a reference point and add more specific maps in the following sections to provide necessary local information. 

Finolhu Resort Guide

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That’s it! We hope that our article on how to make a tourist brochure will inspire you to create your travel content, and the new tourist season will be a blast. Good luck!

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