History of the website
and Tourism Marketing
in Alkmaar
Visit Alkmaar.com
Domain registration date: 09-12-2006
Timeline
1904 Establishment of
Vereeniging voor Vreemdelingenverkeer
,
dutch for
official Tourist Board
Alkmaar is one of the oldest
tourist boards in the Netherlands
2002 Establishment of
Alkmaar Marketing
an organisation that has the mission
to promote the city
2006 domain visitAlkmaar.com
registered
2011-2017 Domain owned by
InformationStart Internet Concepts B.V.
from Schiedam, Netherlands
2017 Domain visitAlkmaar.com
aquired for $ 4.608
03-09-2017
2017 VisitAlkmaar.com
comes online
09-09-2017
2021 Alkmaar Marketin merged with
VVV Alkmaar to become Haart of Holland and Partners,
a broarder regional marketing structure.
2026 domain visitAlkmaar.com
downgraded
and redirected to a broader,
less tourism focused
marketing platform
inalkmaar.nl
This decision is the contrary
of what Tourism marketing
organisation do around the world
replacing a highly popular
"visit" domain format
and replacing it
by a insignificant "in" format.
Also the website swithches from .com
to a less popular .nl
Ownership of the visit domain
is maintained
2026 VisitAlkmaar.com
removed from the main page
of Global Visit List
27-05-2026
Visit Domains
and Tourist Boards
nearby
coming soon
