Insights

Inspiration from insight.

The Fight for Attendance

The Attraction of the Non-Attraction

When analyzing competition, we most often consider the other brick-and-mortar attractions in our direct market: the other museums, zoos, theme parks, aquariums, theaters, FECs, etc. However, there is a large, diverse, and tempting selection of other entertainment outlets that don’t fall in line with our traditional peers: festivals, sports, tabletop games, watching TV, and exercise. In this issue of Destinology, we explore the other competitors, reveal their popularity and trends, and work to understand their success.

Generationally Speaking

How Cultural Shifts Impact Your Destination

PGAV Destinations recently partnered with H2R Market Research to explore how America’s “Generational Cohorts” have changed in recent years, and how they’re perceiving – and exploring – destinations across the nation. Click to explore today’s generations’ new travel attitudes, preferences, motivators, and behaviors.

Communicating Conservation

Strengthening the Public's Trust

This year, PGAV Destinations surveyed 1,006 people across the country to understand their perception of conservation and zoos’ and aquariums’ roles in it. We were curious to uncover Americans’ understanding of conservation, their perceptions of what zoos and aquariums do in conservation; and most importantly, understand people’s opinions of zoos and aquariums based on the conservation they perceive these institutions to be doing. In this issue of Destinology, we reveal some of the disconnects between the fantastic work zoos and aquariums conduct and what the public understands and cares about those efforts; and how these institutions can grow to maximize conservation and animal care transparency. 

Destinology’s Voice of the Visitor

2017 Outlook on the Attraction's Industry

Voice of the Visitor provides an industry-standard dashboard that quantifies aggregate attractions’ industry performance and provides an outlook on future visitation, specifically using insights gained directly from the point of view of the visitors themselves about why they choose to visit attractions – or not to visit. This six-article, condensed version is a high-level summary of the key findings from the full Voice of the Visitor report, which can be found to the right in digital format or ordered for free in hard-copy from this web page.

Curating a Creative Culture

Culture is your greatest competitive advantage. Some business leaders may value their intellectual property, their capital investments, or even their portfolio of products or services as their greatest assets; but none of that would be possible without great company culture. In this issue of Destinology, we take a look at how PGAV Destinations is experimenting with innovative ways to curate a creative culture, and the powerful and lasting impact those efforts are achieving.