Identity of the State as a Tourist Destination
Identitet brenda države kao turističke destinacije
Abstract
In contemporary market conditions every country has to compete for its part of customers, tourists, investors, students, events. Accordingly, great attention is paid to marketing and communication and branding as its integral parts. In this paper country brand is explored from the tourism aspect as a destination brand or, in other way, from the aspect of the way the countries have formed and designed their brands in order to attract as many tourists they can. One of the fundamental aspects of brand is its identity, visual and verbal concretization created in order to identify and differentiate itself from its competitors. Brand identity elements are logo, slogan, colours and ways of their implementation. In this paper the best country brands from each continent and country brands which are specific or different from other will be presented and discussed according to the FutureBrand research for 2010, which ranks the country brands from the whole world. Country brands are analyzed in terms of their design, whether brand design contains formal state symbols like flag, emblem and anthem, or it has elements to which the brand „wants“to be associated with. The comparative analysis of selected brands is done and should point out the importance of building strong country brand identities for countries as tourist destinations.
Apstrakt
U savremenim tržišnim uslovima svaka država mora da se bori za svoj deo potrošača, turista, investitora, studenata, događaja. U skladu sa tim velika pažnja posvećuje se marketingu, komunikaciji i brendiranju kao njegovim sastavnim delovima. U ovom radu brend države biće posmatran sa apekta turizma (brend destinacije), odnosno analiziraće se način na koji su države formirale i osmislile svoje brendove kako bi privukle što veći broj turista. Jedan od osnovnih aspekata svakog brenda je njegov identitet, vizuelna i verbalna konkretizacija sa ciljem da se brend identifikuje i diferencira od svojih konkurenata. Elementi identiteta su logo, slogan, boje i načini njihove primene. Na osnovu rezultata za 2010. godinu istraživanja Future Branda, koji vrši rangiranje brendova država iz celog sveta, u radu će biti predstavljeni najbolji brendovi sa svakog kontinenta, kao i brendovi čiji su identiteti specifični ili drugačiji od drugih. Brendovi država analizirani su sa aspekta njihovog dizajna, načina na koji dizajn brenda inkorporira formalne simbole države, zastave, grba i himne, ili poseduje elemente na koje brend želi da asocira. Sprovedena je komparativna analiza izabranih brendova, čime bi trebalo da se ukaže na važnost građenja jakog identiteta brenda države kao turstičke destinacije.
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