There are more and more beautiful Tourist Information sites created for countries / cities.
Many use or have upgraded their Internet address to a Visit dot com Domain
so it is easier to remembre the web address.

The Global Visit List only features
Tourist sites that have a good design
and that use "Visit" in their name.

The "Visit Phenomenon" started during the early years of the Internet
1995 the first sites came alive in California
a birthplace of the internet.
1996 followed VisitNewYork.com, VisitQuebec.com
and VisitWashington.com
all registered the same day, 22-04-1996.


A decade after the turn of the century
major DMCs (Destination Management Companies)
started to aquire a Visit Domain to enhance their presentation,
The best examples might be Visit Dubai.com, Visit London.com or VisitStockholm.com
.
Joining the list of web pioneers already using Visit.
These DMC / Travel sites
launched a global fashion.
The fashion to make a place look more beautiful.
Using a good, universably recognizable domain name is part of the project. .

Sadly, still today many DMCs do not understand
that a dot com domain
is a key communication element.
There are even cities where "Tourism"
is only part of a city administation sites.
Tourist information are next to construction permits or parking tickets.



Looking at the Global Visit List you immediately see that countries
like the USA, Morocco, Norway or Sweden are internet savvy,
You can also see
that others like Germany, Venezuela or Ukraine
are behind
in their understanding of the web
and the use of modern communication tools.
Tourism sites have internet adresses that don't look very professional.


There are also individual entrepreneurs
that have the energy to make Visit sites that are so beautiful
they outshine the "official" website
financed by à Ministry of Tourism or a City Administation.
Visit Italy.com
are some examples
.

VB.com means "Very Beautiful"
but it is also shortcut for "Visitors Bureau".

Visit-prefixed domains are more and more
internationally recognised by tourists
as representing the "best" tourism website
for any given destination.

The idea came up to promote
the "Visit Phenomenon"

and to encourage People fasinated by Tourism
to create iconic websites.

Check out the different "Visit" sites !
Which one do you prefer ?


To be added on this list contact
b "at" vb.com.

To remain glamorous the Global Visit List
only features visit websites
ending with dot com or original country domains (ccTLD)

no .net, .biz, .org, .shop, .travel, .blablabla etc
no dash signs "-"
no numbers
Last update 19-02-2025