Social Media Management

Social media marketing for tourism businesses

Social media marketing for tourism businesses that want travellers to see the experience while they plan, not after they’ve booked elsewhere.

Part of Marketing for Tourism Businesses

Tourism social media

Social media marketing for tourism, timed to the planning

Rock Solid Marketing provides social media marketing for tourism businesses across regional Australia: tours, attractions, parks and stays. Travellers save posts months before a trip, then book the places that looked real and inviting. Your page posts during the busy season, when everyone is already booked, and goes quiet when people are planning.

We plan your posts around when people plan, show the experience through short videos and guest content shared with permission, and work with regional tourism accounts and nearby operators. This page is part of our tourism marketing work.

Social media plans start from $1,500 + GST a month. If a few months of steady posting before your peak will do the job, we’ll tell you before we quote.

Warrawong on the Darling home page on a phone, with the Wilcannia heading and photos of a cabin and a guest
Posts before the tripSeen while travellers plan

9+

Years serving Sunraysia and the Mallee

10+

Years’ minimum experience for every specialist

10

Marketing specialists on your team

6

Core digital channels, one joined-up strategy

Common problems

What gets in the way, and how we fix it

  1. We post in peak season, when we’re already full, and go quiet the rest of the year.

    What we do

    We post most in the months people plan your season, so your page is in their saved posts when they book.

  2. Our photos are pretty but don’t show what the experience is like.

    What we do

    Short videos of the activity, the guide and the guests (with permission) show travellers what they’ll actually do.

  3. Regional tourism pages share other operators, not us.

    What we do

    We build relationships with regional tourism accounts and nearby operators, and tag and share each other’s content.

How we help

A tourism social media strategy built around planning

Travellers plan on social media, so the strategy starts with when and how they plan.

Posts timed to planning

More posts in the months people plan your season, fewer when they’re already travelling, with a calendar mapped to school holidays and events.

Short videos of the experience

Reels and stories that show the activity, the landscape and the people, which say more about a trip than any caption.

Guest content, with permission

We gather and share guests’ photos and videos with their permission and credit, which travellers trust more than polished ads.

Regional collaborations

Tagging, sharing and joint posts with regional tourism accounts, accommodation and other operators, so you appear in their feeds too.

Ads to travellers

Meta ads aimed at the cities and regions your visitors come from, with social ads Lite from $2,000 + GST a month plus 10% of ad spend.

Bookings, not just likes

We track link clicks, enquiries and bookings from social, so your monthly report shows what social media brought in.

Who it’s for

Is it the right fit?

Who it’s for

  • Tour operators and outback experiences
  • Attractions, museums and heritage sites
  • Caravan parks, cabins and farm stays
  • Food, wine and event tourism businesses

Not a fit

  • Anyone wanting bought followers or fake reviews
  • Businesses wanting posts without any photos or video from the site

Your specialists

The people behind your tourism social media

Meet the whole team
Ami HeathAmi HeathMarketing LeadWollongong NSW
Rachel EhratRachel EhratCreator Of All Things Amazing!Tasmania
Emma SutcliffeEmma SutcliffePR & Communications ExpertYarra Valley VIC

How it works

How we run your social media

Plan, create, approve, publish and report, every month.

  1. Discovery call

    A free 30-minute call to choose your platforms and the plan that suits your goals.

  2. Strategy and research

    Competitor research and a content plan built around your goals, from brand awareness to enquiries.

  3. Create and approve

    Posts, carousels, stories and reels made for your brand. You approve them on our scheduling platform, with one round of changes.

  4. Publish and report

    We schedule and post, then meet with you monthly to go through the reporting dashboard and what to change.

Social media tourism marketing

Social media and tourism marketing working together

We start with your season, your guests and where they come from, then build a posting calendar around when they plan. We agree what you can capture on site, such as short clips or guest photos, and what we create from it.

Each month you approve the posts before they’re scheduled, and we meet to review reach, enquiries and bookings. When a campaign needs a push before a peak, we add social ads with a clear budget.

  • Season and guest origins reviewed first
  • Posting calendar mapped to planning windows
  • On-site content captured with permission
  • Posts approved before scheduling
  • Monthly review of enquiries and bookings

In their saved posts before they book.

Warrawong on the Darling cabins page on a phone, showing a cabin veranda under the Cabins at Warrawong heading

In every plan

What social media marketing in tourism includes with us

Planning-window calendarShort videosCollaborationsNo lock-in contracts
  • Briefing session and content calendar
  • Posts, carousels, stories and reels
  • Guest content gathered with permission
  • Hashtag and location tag research
  • Collaboration with regional tourism accounts
  • Scheduling with your approval
  • Reporting dashboard
  • Monthly results meeting

Starter covers 1 platform and 2 posts a week; Standard up to 2 platforms and 3 a week; Advanced up to 3 platforms and 5 a week. Boost budgets and ad spend are paid to Meta.

Plans

Social media marketing for tourism plans

Every plan includes a briefing session, posts, stories and reels, scheduling with your approval and a monthly results meeting.

Starter

From

$1,500+ GST a month

1 platform · 8 posts a month

Ideal for new, early-stage, or small businesses seeking professional social media content on a single network.

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Standard

From

$2,000+ GST a month

2 platforms · 12 posts a month

Perfect for established organisations with audiences on multiple platforms, locations or product ranges.

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Advanced

From

$2,800+ GST a month

3 platforms · 20 posts a month

Ideal for well-established businesses with a substantial budget looking to deploy ads across up to three platforms.

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Work in this industry

Tourism social media work

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Wilcannia NSW

Tourism and accommodation · 2021

Warrawong on the Darling

Rock Solid Marketing designed the logo and website for Warrawong on the Darling, an outback caravan park and cabin stay on the Darling River near Wilcannia NSW, and has run its SEO and social media since 2021.

Far West NSW

Tourism and accommodation · 2019

Out of the Ordinary Outback

Rock Solid Marketing built the website and runs SEO and social media for Out of the Ordinary Outback, a Broken Hill accommodation group with motels across far west NSW. By June 2020 its organic traffic was nearly 6 times January’s.

30% More keyword visibility, January to August 2020

Tourism and accommodation

Overland Adventures

Rock Solid Marketing provided ongoing marketing for Overland Adventures, an outback tour company behind the Mundi Mundi Bash Camping Experience, with website updates, sales pages and social media that grew tour bookings.

Growth in Tour Bookings: Our marketing efforts led to a significant increase in tour bookings, directly boosting Overland Adventures’ revenue.

Tourism and accommodation

Alivio Tourist Park

Rock Solid Marketing wrote Alivio Park’s first awards submission, which led to a state category win in 2021, another win in 2022 and a win at the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards.

National Recognition: Alivio Park’s first submission earned them a prestigious win at the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards, establishing them as a leading destination.

Broken Hill NSW

Tourism and accommodation · 2026

Tristate Tours

Rock Solid Marketing designed and built a new website for Tristate Tours, a small-group Outback tour company in Broken Hill NSW. Its 36 travel posts and WeTravel bookings came across, and every old page address still works.

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Our social media plans start from $1,500 + GST a month for one platform and 2 posts a week, with Standard at $2,000 + GST and Advanced at $2,800 + GST a month. Social ads Lite is $2,000 + GST a month plus 10% of ad spend, with ad spend paid to Meta.

Show the experience, not just the scenery: short videos of the activity, guest moments shared with permission and the people who run it. Post most when travellers plan, collaborate with regional tourism accounts, and make it easy to click through and book. That’s the core of a tourism social media strategy.

Travellers use social media for ideas, to check what a place is really like and to see what others say about it. Posts and reviews they see while planning can shape where they go and what they book. Social media tourism content from real guests is often more persuasive than a business’s own ads.

Operators use it to inspire trips, show what an experience includes, answer questions, share guest content and promote offers. Regional tourism bodies use it to showcase whole regions. Social media marketing in the tourism industry works best when operators and regions share each other’s content.

It’s visual, it’s where people plan, and it lets past guests promote you to their friends. A small operator can reach travellers in other cities for a modest budget and show the experience in a way a brochure can’t. It also gives quick feedback on what people want to see.

No, our social media plans have no lock-in contracts. Your social accounts, content and photos belong to your business, and guest content is only used with the guest’s permission.

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