Online and offline communication for country-brands: an exploratory study of the Brazil Brand

• Main Author: Kanazawa, Flávio Notomi
• Publication Date: 2019
• Other Authors: Giraldi, Janaina de Moura Engracia, Oliveira, Jorge Henrique Caldeira
• Format: Article
• Language: por; eng
• Source: Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa em Turismo
• Download full: https://rbtur.org.br/rbtur/article/view/1472
• topic: Comunicación on-line y off-line; Marca Brasil; Visit Brasil; Embratur.; Comunicación on-line y off-line; Marca Brasil; Visit Brasil; Embratur.; Comunicação on-line e off-line; Marca Brasil; Visit Brasil; Embratur.

The fierce international competition among tourist destinations forces their managers to offer their public unique value propositions, seeking to improve their images and highlighting their unique tourist experiences and advantages. In this process, the proper management and communication of a country-brand becomes even more relevant. The growing number of people who use the Internet to plan their trips causes country-brand managers to be concerned with building a solid digital performance for their brands. Given this scenario, this article seeked to understand the management and communication practices developed for the Marca Brasil (Brazil Brand) and its way of acting on the Internet. To this end, a qualitative and exploratory research was carried out that conducted in-depth interviews in a semi-structured manner with the Embratur professionals responsible for the management of the Brazil Brand and its online performance. The results of this article describe the core objectives of the brand, its applications and the activities developed to achieve them, emphasizing their actions through the Visit Brazil website and its social media pages.