Chinese Travellers Invited to Explore Melbourne

Tourism Victoria and Ogilvy & Mather/Shanghai have rolled out their first campaign in mainland China to attract Chinese travellers to Melbourne and the state of Victoria.

 

The new 'Open up to More' campaign is part of a wider government-backed initiative by Tourism Victoria, which aims to grow Chinese visitor expenditure at 11 per cent per annum, to deliver more than USD 2 billion in Chinese visitor expenditure by the year 2020.

 

Created by a cross-discipline team in Shanghai from O&M Advertising, OgilvyOne, Social@Ogilvy and Neo@Ogilvy, the integrated campaign consists of print ads, an online video and a Chinese-language website that showcases interactive 360-degree views of nine tourist hot spots in the city and state.

 

Visit the campaign site to watch the video: http://cn.visitmelbourne.com/

 

The series of three print ads juxtapose Victoria’s natural scenery, ranging from open vineyards and majestic limestone rock stacks, to Melbourne’s cosmopolitan cityscape. The website shows an 80- second video spot featuring two young tourists, clad in their hotel bathrobes, as they go out to explore the art, architecture, music, history, food and nature that Melbourne has to offer – all in a day’s time. Travellers can navigate through the interactive website to see panoramic views of nine main tourist attractions, including Sovereign Hill, the Crown Entertainment Complex, the Twelve Apostles lookout and beach walk, city streets, the laneways and heritage shopping areas, Federation Square, Ashcombe Maze and the vineyards.

 

“For Chinese tourists, Melbourne - with its breathtaking natural scenery and a rich cultural heritage - may be one of the most untapped tourist destinations. We’ve geared up to change all that with this new campaign that invites China’s more sophisticated travellers to look beyond the usual tourist traps and explore the alternative adventures that are distinct to Melbourne,” said Debby Cheung, President of O&M Group/Shanghai.

 

The Hon. Louise Asher MLA, Minister for Tourism and Major Events, said: “The new campaign for Melbourne and Victoria takes our city’s diverse elements and weaves them into an inviting tale that puts Melbourne on the map of Chinese travellers and really helps our city to stand apart from the crowd.”

 

'Open up to More' will run in Tier 1 and select Tier 2 cities in mainland China through 2013. A social media component involving Chinese students in Melbourne will begin next year.

 

Credits

 

Project title: “Open up to More”

Client: Tourism Victoria

Brief: To attract mainland Chinese tourists to Melbourne, Australia

Creative Agency: Ogilvy & Mather/Shanghai

Chief Creative Officer: Graham Fink

Executive Creative Director: Ali Grayeli

Creative Director: Flora Feng

Art Directors: Yoyo Chen, WANG Han

Copywriter: Qiangwen Zhang

Agency producer: Weisian Lee

Planning: Edward Bell, Morgan Cao

Account: Christina SK Chan, Louisa Leung, Zelia Bao, Jayci Yang, Celia Yan

Digital agency: OgilvyOne/Shanghai (Michael MY Chu, Hongye Hu)

Media agency: Neo@Ogilvy/Shanghai (Lan Wang, Twinkle Chang, Virginia Xiong, Pedro Wang, Eleanor Lao)

Production house: Plaza Films

Exposure: Print, OOH TV, digital, social