The 49 Best Hashtags for the Travel and Tourism Industry

Younger generations are trading in their need for buying ‘things’ in pursuit of experiencing the world. Not to say millennials don’t spend their money on tangible stuff, but the stuff they’re spending money on is different than the generations of yesteryear. Most likely, you won’t find a 30-something’s household stocked with dish sets and porcelain figurines. Instead, you’ll find plane tickets and photographs of travels abroad.If there’s one thing millennials love as much as travel, it’s social media. After all, if they can’t post that epic selfie with Machu Picchu as the backdrop, did it ever really happen? From this, we can assess that Instagram is either fueling the travel boom, or the travel boom is fueling the use of Instagram. As such, travel and tourism businesses need a strong social media presence to stand out. Using hashtags in conjunction with social media marketing is a great way to help your business get found, as well as make a lasting impression. Using branded hashtags is a powerful marketing strategy that really works. Use these popular hashtags in your social media marketing and keep reading for a clever branded hashtag promotion idea to boost engagement with your brand.

Travel Hashtags

1. #travel
2. #travels
3. #traveltuesday
4. #travelblog
5. #travelblogger
6. #familyvacation
7. #destinationwedding
8. #honeymoon
9. #grouptravel
10. #allInclusive
11. #cruising
12. #love
13. #home
14. #adventure
15. #vacation
16. #holiday
17. #traveling
18. #airlines
19. #traveler
20. #city
21. #europe
22. #photooftheday
23. #wanderer
24. #memories
25. #friends
26. #live
27. #roadtrip
28. #tourist
29. #tourism
30. #trip
31. #traveltips
32. #explore
33. #wander
34. #travelbug
35. #photography
36. #adventure
37. #hiking
38. #culture
39. #sunset
40. #beach
41. #luxury
42. #hotels
43. #life
44. #fun
45. #travelusa
46. #eurotrip
47. #travelphoto
48. #wanderlust
49. #traveldiaries

Create a branded hashtag and encourage followers

Did you know that Instagram allows you to follow a hashtag? Create a branded hashtag that is unique to your business and entice followers by continually offering giveaways and promotions in posts using that hashtag.Much like telling your audience “Follow us on Facebook for exclusive offers,” you can do the same thing with a specific hashtag. And, offering regular giveaways and promotions will keep the audience captive - a great conduit for additional marketing.For example, in this giveaway, do you see how they’ve used #contestalert in their post? If you opt in to follow #contestalert, you’ll see any posts using that hashtag in your feed. Pretty cool, right?http://www.instagram.com/p/Bt0m-WLH-hT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkSo, if you set up a branded hashtag - for the sake of this contest example, we’ll use #vresortscontestalert - and asked your audience to follow it, they will see all the posts using that hashtag. Think of the potential! Offering regular contests with your branded hashtag will entice more followers, plus, when anyone uses that hashtag, followers will see those posts as well.Now that you’ve got some tools to help increase your reach and following, there are a few logistics to consider. Selecting a winner truly at random poses a problem, especially if you have hundreds or thousands of entries. How do you do it? You can import comments as entries into contest software like ShortStack where you can use a random entry selector to pick your winner(s). With ShortStack, you’ll also be able to store the entries for future marketing.Read more about using comments as entries from both Instagram and Facebook.As a bonus, use these popular hashtags in conjunction with your branded hashtags to boost your giveaway or promotion’s discoverability.Best Hashtags for Contests and Promotions

1. #contest
2. #[yourbrand]contest
3. #contests
4. #contestalert
5. #contestentry
6. #sweepstakes
7. #[yourbrand]sweepstakes
8. #giveaway
9. #[yourbrandgiveaway]
10. #giveaways
11. #winitwednesday
12. #competition
13. #win
14. #[yourbrand]win

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