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Letter to Christchurch Businesses in The Press Thursday 6th Jan 2011:
There have been many stories about how Christchurch businesses need assistance after the earthquake, but I have not seen much about what has actually been done.
As the owner of the Visit my Town Travel Guides I thought it was obvious that the message needed to get out globally that Christchurch/Christchurch tourism was open for business.
Christchurch was one of the first towns we profiled when the website was set up - www.visitmytown.com/christchurch. Listing here is free. We placed an advert promoting this profile in a top spot of our country based advertising so it can be seen by all visitors to our site. We put our network of 50,000+ Twitter and Facebook accounts to good use, updating global travellers on what was happening in Christchurch.
I also set up a Facebook fan page that any Christchurch business can post on to promote itself, www.facebook.com/canterburytourism. I was surprised to find this username had not been taken but figured if the official tourism agencies didn't want it I would put it to good use.
TIM GIBYNS
Melbourne