Slovenian Tourist Board / STB
Dimičeva 13,
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
+386 1 589 85 50
mail: info "at" slovenia.info
instagram: @Ifeelslovenia
youtube:
youtube.com/slovenia
facebook: fb.com/slovenia.info
X: x.com/sloveniainfo
linkedin:
linkedin.com/company/slovenian-tourist-board/
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History of the website
and Tourism Marketing
in Slovenia
Visit Slovenia.com
first Domain registration: before 2002
new Domain registration date: 31-08-2020
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Slovenia.info
Domain registration date:
20-08-2001
Visit Slovenia.com
new Domain registration date: 22-08-2009
Timeline
1920s As part of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Slovenia saw promotion
for wellness,
mountains and nature tourism.
1991 Slovenia declares independance
from the Socialist Federal Republic
of
Yugoslavia 25-06-1991
1991 After gaining independance
Tourisl becomes a state priority
as a source of foreign revenue
and national identity building.
1992 Introduction of the .si
internet code released
01-04-1992
1995 Establishment of the
Centre for the Promotion
of Tourism od Slovenia (CPTS)
1999 Organisation renamed
as
Slovenian Tourist Board
by the Ministry of Economy
and the Austrian Wirtschaftskammer
When the national
Tourist Board of Slovenia
had the create a website
the domains Slovenia.com
and VisitSlovenia.com
were already registered.
2001 .info instead of .com
The idea came up
to use a .info domain.
.info was released
26-06-2001
.info is
one of about 1.500 new TLDs
that were created
as an alternative to .com
The Austrian Tourist board
and the Spanish Tourist board
did the same
Austria.info was registered
26-07-2001
and Spain.info
01-08-2001
Some beleived
.info would become a
serious alternative for the already
established .com
Time proved the contrary,
today, a quater century later,
.com is the only globally recognised TLD
a multitude of new TLDs
(Top Level Domains)
have strenghtened the predominance of .com
There are 160 million .com domains
and
not even 4 million .info domains
.info is still in use
but it is no longer considered popular
or prestigious
in most mainstream web
and branding strategies.
Only 3 national tourist boards,
Austria, Spain and Slovenia
are still using it.
2006 Slogan
"I feel Slovenia"
created
2006 VisitSlovenia.com
aquired by Martin Winheim,
a webentrepreneur from Norway
that was blocking hundreds of Tourist domains
without ever conecting them
to usefull content
2015 The Slovenian Tourist Board
becomes an independant agency.
2020 The Tourist Board of Slovenia
missed the sale
of
VisitSlovenia.com
03-09-2020 the domain was aquired
for only 5050 USD,
by Marcus Cent
a web entrepreneur
from
Sharjah / Dubai
who also edits the site
Visit Rome.com
Many tourist boards,
particularly those aiming for
a professional and branded online presence,
have shifted away from multiple TLDs
in favor of the popular .com
As .info domains were very cheap
and easy
to register
the domain attracted many spammers.
As a result many websuers
hesitate to click on a .info site
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