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How to Make a Travel Brochure

Last Updated: March 9, 2024 References

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A creative, expertly written and well-designed travel brochure invites readers to cast themselves into a story that takes place in an exotic locale. In this article, learn how to make an enticing travel brochure that will have your audience fantasizing about-and booking-your travel packages.

Determining the Details of Your Travel Brochure

• A professional should already know what destination they are representing, or attempting to advertise for. Use this step to get to know the key features of your location: mountains, lakes, cabins, museums, parks, etc. Write each of these key features down on a piece of paper for use later on.
• If you are a student, find an exciting place to advertise for. Some great examples are Mexico, Hawaii, Myrtle Beach South Carolina, the beaches of Florida, or Australia, to name just a few. Research the location you choose (using reputable sources such as online search engines, encyclopedias, library books, etc.) and find out key features about the location. Write each of these down on a piece of paper for use later on.
• The lists for both students and professionals should be extra long at the beginning. It is better to create a long list to start, and then cross off items later on.

• Travel around the website by yourself and write down what and where the particular amenity is.
• If you are far away from where you are advertising for, look for maps online that might help you locate particular amenities. Sites like Google Maps often point out exactly what and where each of these is.
• After you have created a detailed list of the amenities, put a star next to the items you think are most important (bathrooms generally are a top priority). Make sure to note whether these amenities provide additional accommodations, such as being handicap accessible. [1] X Research source

• Visit peoples' homes and ask them politely to give their opinion. Remember to bring a pencil and paper to write down exactly what they say. You can also bring a voice recorder if you do not write very fast.
• If the destination is strictly for vacation (non-residential) try calling people whom have vacationed there in the past. As with the previous step, write down exactly what they have to say about their experience.
• Students who do not have direct contact with persons whom live, or have vacationed there, should look online. Find internet sites that link you with local hotels, restaurants, etc. in the area of your destination. Look for reviews that have to do with the destination (Mexico, Hawaii, etc.) rather than a particular place of accommodation. Write down what they have to say. [2] X Research source

• Vacation spots with lots of bathrooms, and restaurants available are great for an older demographic audience.
• Destinations which are primarily vacation spots (non-residential) usually target a younger audience, or newlywed couples going on their honeymoon.
• Vacation spots which have hotels furnished with WiFi and cable TV are great destinations for families.
• Destinations which have large rooms are great for business workers, who are looking to conduct work from far away.
• This is not an all encompassing list, but it will give you an idea about what to look for, and how to pick the right demographic audience. Something you might think is minor (a boardwalk for example) might make all the difference in the world for a particular clientele.

• Take into account the previous four steps, and in particular the target demographic group. Set a standard price to each of the amenities, and add them all up. Set a standard price for all of the key features of the destination and add them all up. Finally, add the price of the amenities and destination hot-spots together.
• Adjust the vacation cost according to who the audience is. Younger clientele and families will most likely be looking for a cheaper vacation. Older clientele and business types will have more money to spend. Generally speaking, vacations for a family of four should run between $1000 and $2000. Go higher or lower as you see fit. How to Calculate Cost of Travel

Writing the Text of Your Travel Brochure

• First, you’ll want to create a story. Just like a good novel pulls in a reader, the client wants to feel as if they are going on an adventure. In paragraph form (full sentences), write a convincing argument for why your vacation spot is the best place to visit.
• After you have written down your argument, go back and proofread. More importantly, cross out extraneous information, keep what is critical, and add in to places that need a more exciting, or convincing argument.
• This argument can then be split apart into different sections of your brochure. You might have to tailor the sentences to exist as a stand-alone argument in the different sections, but this will give you a good head start. It is important that the writer knows exactly why each of the individual pieces are critical, and how they come together to convince the clientele.

• Your heading/title should appear in bold lettering, underlined, and be large enough to read from far away. If someone is sitting in a doctors office, or at a coffee shop, they should be able to see the title clearly, at the top of the brochure.
• Each of the subheadings/section headings should also be in bold, and underlined. They should be a slightly smaller font size than the title. They should all also all be the same font. If one subtitle is in Times New Roman, keep them all Times New Roman. This creates a nice flow to your brochure, and does not bog down the viewer in trying to comprehend the brochure.

• Write down some adjectives you know that are not typically used, such as adventurous, pulsating, mind-boggling, fanciful, breathtaking, etc. Put these words first in your title, so that the readers eyes, reading left to right, will catch that key word.
• Then, make sure to include the location in the title. If you advertising for a Hawaiian vacation, do not leave out the word Hawaii. Put the location right after the adjective.
• Following the name of the place, you can finish the title with simply "vacation" or a synonym. End the title in an exclamation point, so that it appears that the person selling the vacation is just as excited as the potential clientele.
• Bold the lettering, and underline the title. A good example is: Adventurous Mount Everest Vacation!

• You want to make the argument for this vacation clear right up front. The reader is not going to look around the rest of the brochure if they are not convinced at the very beginning.
• This would be a great time to simply list off a few of the accommodations/hot spots. For example: “An all-encompassing Hawaiian vacation that includes beautiful scenery, top-of-the-line hotels, and all the food you can eat!”.

• You will want to include, at the bare minimum, the following sections: restaurants, hotels, scenery(appearance of the vacation spot), and shops. These are four of the most basic things people need to know about before they go on the vacation. In total, you should have around six to eight sections.
• Make sure that what you are saying is necessary, succinct, and convincing. Consider what image you are using and make sure that the words match up. Feel free to highlight, italicize, or bold certain words or phrases.
• This would also be a great time to add in those accommodations, such as handicap accessible, free continental breakfast, bike/walking trails, etc.

• To include block quotes in your brochure, start by indenting. Then add a quotation mark, and write in your quote. Finish by adding another quotation mark.
• You will want to include only the most sensitive, valuable information. Do not include bad experiences, as this might turn off the clientele.
• If you want to take out a sentence in the middle of a paragraph, simply highlight and delete. Then, in between the remaining sentences, add ... (three periods in a row). This will allow you to shorten the quote, keep what is necessary, and highlight what is most important. [5] X Research source

• Include some simple terms in your 3-4 sentence price section such as: “Prices as low as $1000 for a family of four!” or, “Prices start at $1500, and include great discounts if you purchase by phone!”
• Mention the different offers/deals vacationers can get through your particular company. Usually, there are family discounts, senior discounts, children discounts, etc.
• This section should appear on the inside of the pamphlet, to the far right (at the end). You do not want to start the brochure by introducing price, nor do you want to put the price on the back of the brochure, as the clientele will probably look there first and never look inside.

• This should be done as a series of bulleted points or dashes. Do not write this information in paragraph form, as it will all run together.
• Check a second and third time that the information is up to date and correct. Look at the bottom of webpages to see when the last time the page was updated. Call the numbers you are listing on the brochure and see who picks up the phone. The information you are presenting needs to be accurate. [7] X Research source

Creating the Visuals for Your Travel Brochure

• Some good examples include: A smiling visitor hugging a dolphin at a sea life attraction, or a woman relaxing with a massage in an open-air spa that overlooks the tropical sunset.
• Make sure the photos are in color, and have a high-quality resolution. Do not use stock photos which generally look fake, and off-putting. Use real life images, or photos you have taken yourself at the location.
• People enjoy seeing others having fun, so try to include photos of people enjoying themselves at your destination rather than showing an empty hotel room or deserted beach. This will invite readers to project themselves into the photo. [8] X Research source

• To convey a relaxed feeling appropriate for a spa, use muted pastel tones. Children's destinations are best marketed with bright, bold colors. Historical site brochures can be given an "antique" feeling with sepia and earth tones.
• For each panel of the brochure, use the same color. If there are different colors for each panel, it can become distracting and gaudy.

• Use a thin border to contain each of the panels in your brochure. A thick border can become distracting. The border should be a color that is a slightly darker/lighter shade of the tone that you use for the rest of the brochure.
• If you want to highlight key points of your story, use bullet points or asterisks. Generally, 3-4 is the range you want to stay in. Try to highlight things that are not written about in the sentences.
• Designs can also help, such as stars, rainbows, arrows, etc. Add these where and when you see fit. Once more, do not overuse these, and bog down the viewer in the visuals. The clientele should want to read more, not necessarily look more.

• Tell the printing company that you want the brochures printed on high-quality paper. Cheap, flimsy paper can easily be torn, ripped, or water-damaged. Thick, coated paper provides resistance to accidents, and can be carried around mush easier.
• If you wind up needing to use your home or business printer, just make sure to use thick, heavy paper. The settings of your printer should be set to the highest pixel quality so that your pictures come out clean and crisp.

Travel Brochure Template

Community Q&A

• Instead of using computers, students should try out their own skills at creating a hand made brochure. Colored pencils, magic markers, and rulers can get the job done well. Thanks Helpful 5 Not Helpful 1
• If you are a student, make sure to follow what your teacher requires. Thanks Helpful 5 Not Helpful 1
• Do not use pictures unless they are of the actual destination. People do not want to be lied to about what vacation they are going on. This can result in problems/litigation with the travel organization, or potentially a lowered grade if you’re a student. Thanks Helpful 3 Not Helpful 1

Things You'll Need

• Heavy paper
• Printer (preferably large (business) rather than desktop)
• Colored pencils, magic markers, rulers, ball point pens, etc. (for handmade brochures)

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To make a travel brochure, start by identifying the main attractions in the area you're advertising, such as restaurants or movie theaters. Next, decide who your target audience is by evaluating the attractions at the destination, like by aiming for a young demographic if it's a vacation spot. To start writing, choose a catchy title and engage your audience with the first sentence on the opening flap by mentioning the destination's key strong points, such as good accommodation. Then, make sure you have great visuals to break up the text, since pictures are key if you want to grab people's attention. For more tips on how to write your sections or how to choose good visuals, read on! Did this summary help you? Yes No

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11 Creative Handmade Brochure Ideas for Inspiration

Brochure Design

In today’s world of 8 billion people, there is an influx of brochures and pamphlets in our daily lives. In the digital world, one single document can be produced in mass within seconds. How would you then ensure that your brochure holds a special space on their desks and not lurking around in the waste areas? One of the ideas is through Handmade Brochures. Now before you get worried as to how will this be accomplished, refer to this for some inspiration.

Characteristics of Handmade Brochures

Some characteristics should be considered before you plan on making a handmade brochure. Those are as follows:

• You cannot make thousands of brochures in a limited time. That’s a given, considering the amount of effort that goes toward making one.
• You cannot expect 100% accuracy in all the handmade brochures, since there is a human touch.
• Plan your materials and designs well in advance so that the brochure-making process is smooth without too much of breaks.
• Less is more. Even though your handmade brochures exude a lot of creativity, being minimalistic and aesthetic will go a long way in impressing your end customer.

If you have a design in mind or still thinking of one, get a dedicated designer from Design Shifu.  

Now, let’s explore some beautiful handmade brochure examples and you can choose one that’s best for your business.

1. Travel Handmade Brochure

The travel brochure should be designed so that it entices the reader to visit captivating locations around the world.

This image-only brochure with the names of places to visit is a very simple yet classy design that you can make. The pictures used are real pictures of the places and the names are hand-written.

Another version is drawing sketches of the places to visit in a particular location.

However, this one’s a bit difficult to execute in bulk, but it looks extremely appealing.

If you want more inspiration for travel brochures, refer to this .

2. Creative 3D Handmade Brochures Design

Corporate and handmade brochures seem alien, but why not add some creativity to corporate brochures too?

In this design, the team members’ pictures are pasted in a creative way along with text, which makes these types of brochures an instant hit with the target audience. Instead of the regular square and rectangle-shaped brochures, unique shapes like hexagons, pentagons, and number shapes would also require less space and more creative output.

Another example of a geometrically shaped brochure is this.

The brochure is given the shape of a bottle, with each layer loaded with information. One more good option for your brochure.

3. Job Recruitment Brochure

A company that wants to recruit candidates usually would update the job section of its website or probably mention it on its social media handles. How about a company that creates a brochure headlining the best things one can get by working in the company?

Quite a unique way of recruiting candidates. Here, they have mentioned how their company has an open-door policy, which is one of the key factors looked at by a candidate before he applies for a job.

This type of brochure can also be made by restaurants, schools, etc. where the combination of creativity and benefits are distributed equally.

Check this out for some ultimate brochure design ideas in 2023.

4. Flip Book Handmade Brochure

A flip book brochure is an accordion-style brochure that is detailed and yet, acquires less space on your shelf. You can flip through the book and check out the image change from page to page.

This isn’t a handmade brochure example, but it can be replicated into one. There are many creative ways to replicate the flipbook style. One example is:

Though this suitcase style looks elaborate in design and would require a lot of effort, once made, this would most definitely create a lasting impact on the minds of the target audience. A unique combination of images, text, and design would make this handmade brochure a permanent place on your target audience’s shelves.

We, at Design Shifu, can help you create one at affordable prices. Check out our price range.

5.   Single Paper Brochure

The simplest and the easiest to execute is a single-paper brochure. You can define the brand’s vision, and mission through text or illustrations, without making it too cluttered and cumbersome to read.

This is a reference to how one can create a handmade brochure using illustrations and text. And here is what a single-page brochure will look like.

It can be folded into 2 or 3 folds, basis the brand preference, but such kinds of brochures are quite cost-effective too. Also, for a start-up who do not have too much information to showcase in the beginning, this kind of brochure is a good start for introducing oneself to the target audience.

Also, these are the various ways through which one can fold a single-page brochure.

6. Tag-based Handmade Brochures

Who said brochures have to be in a book format? Who said brochures have to be perfectly shaped and should be in a spiral bind? Have you ever thought that why not create a brochure in a tag-shaped design? Yes, it’s possible.

Use of colors, information, images, and creative illustrations can be done concisely and yet look creative and pass out necessary information too. Also, since it is tag shaped, it is quite handy and doesn’t require too much space.

In case you are very traditional and still want a spiral-bound brochure, you could easily stuff these tags in a spiral bound and make it look like this.

A handmade brochure will not only creatively satisfy the target audience, but will also break the clutter. We are loaded with information and it’s very difficult to stand out. Hence, a little bit of hard work is required to ensure our voice is heard by the target audience. However, if the design isn’t your strongest point, source your designs to Design Shifu . We offer unlimited designs for $399, which also comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee. So what’s stopping you?

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How to Design a Custom Destination Travel Brochure that Inspires

When it comes to designing a travel brochure , it's essential to think outside the box and create something truly unique. Gone are the days of generic brochures filled with cliché images and repetitive text. In today's digital age, travelers seek authenticity and crave immersive experiences.

So how can you design a brochure that goes beyond the ordinary and captures the imagination of your audience? Let's find out!

1. Know Your Audience

The first step in designing a custom destination travel brochure is to understand your target audience. Are you targeting adventure seekers, luxury travelers, or families? Knowing your audience will help you tailor your design and content to their specific interests and preferences. Consider their age, interests, and aspirations when crafting your brochure. This will allow you to create a personalized experience that resonates with your readers on a deeper level.

2. Choose a Compelling Cover

The cover of your travel brochure is the first thing your audience will see, so make it count! Capture their attention with a stunning photograph that showcases the unique beauty of your destination. Combine it with a compelling headline that evokes curiosity and invites readers to explore further. Remember, the cover sets the tone for the entire brochure, so make sure it represents the essence of the place you're promoting.

3. Craft Engaging Content

Once you have captivated your audience with an eye-catching cover, it's time to engage them with compelling content. Break down your brochure into sections that highlight the most exciting aspects of the destination. Use descriptive language and vivid imagery to transport your readers to the place you're promoting. Share interesting facts, insider tips, and personal stories to create a sense of connection and make your brochure come alive.

4. Utilize High-Quality Images

A picture is worth a thousand words, and in the case of travel brochures, it's absolutely true! Invest in high-quality images that showcase the beauty and unique features of your destination. Avoid stock photos and opt for original images that capture the authentic spirit of the place. Whether it's a breathtaking landscape, a mouth-watering local dish, or a vibrant cultural activity, let the images speak for themselves and inspire your readers to embark on their own adventures.

5. Incorporate Interactive Elements

Incorporating interactive elements in your brochure can take the reading experience to a whole new level. Consider adding QR codes that lead to virtual tours or videos, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the destination before they even book their trip. You can also include maps, itineraries, and even interactive quizzes to engage your audience and make the brochure a valuable resource they'll keep coming back to.

6. Focus on Typography and Layout

The right choice of typography and layout can make a significant difference in the overall look and feel of your travel brochure. Use fonts that are easy to read and align with the destination's vibe. Experiment with different layouts to create visual interest and guide the reader through the content seamlessly. Consider using a grid system to organize your text and images, creating a cohesive and visually appealing design.

Wrapping Up

Designing a custom destination travel brochure that inspires is no easy task, but with the right approach and a touch of creativity, you can create a masterpiece that leaves a lasting impression. Remember to know your audience, choose a compelling cover, craft engaging content, utilize high-quality images, incorporate interactive elements, and focus on typography and layout.

Now, it's time to unleash your imagination and create a brochure that brings your chosen destination to life. Happy designing!

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How to make a stunning travel brochure – Templates included

Travelling is one of life’s greatest pleasures. A journey to discover new places, cultures, and traditions and a reflective self-discovery trip we get to embark on every time we go somewhere else. Sometimes, stunning travel brochures are the only tools you have to inspire travelers to visit new destinations worth exploring.

During the height of the pandemic, traveling of any kind was halted or severely restricted. That resulted in an interest spike as soon as the borders opened. No surprise there. There’s a hunger for it that the industry strives to satisfy.

But how do you grab the attention of all potential wanderers in the post-pandemic era? Do you follow the same pattern as before, or use optimized tools for your benefit?

Whether you’re running an online travel agency , an independent travel agent, or just promoting your tourist attraction, travel brochures are a great promotional tool. Still, traditional marketing tools made their way into the digital world, and with the right online marketing tool , you can make any type of brochure digital in no time.

We’ll get into the details of how to make a travel brochure and more in a minute. Let’s just make sure we cover our bases first.

A travel brochure is the most commonly used promotional tool for the tourism industry’s marketing strategy. Its role is to promote a destination, service, or product to potential customers in an informative and commercial manner.

If you know how to make a travel brochure, you’ll inspire tourists to pack their bags and book their flight, hotel room, and adventure in no time. Due to that, the information travel brochures provide needs to answer fundamental questions about a destination. How’s the weather? What can you do once you get there? Which are the transit options? What are the prices? Coupled with appealing visuals that give tourists a taste of what the destination promises, the written content provides the educational part of the material. 

Knowing how to make a travel brochure can be the difference between a successful brochure marketing strategy and losses in revenue. Promote your services with a travel brochure, but understand exactly what is a travel brochure and what it isn’t, as there is much confusion among marketing materials. We’ll go over the main ones to make it easier to differentiate between them. To exemplify what a great travel brochure might look like, I’m going to mention the brochures from Bookatrekking.com , a hiking company that meets the needs of people interested in visiting famous mountains around the world. It comes as a branded travel brochure with travel destination services.

Brochure vs. other marketing materials

Travel brochures are probably the most diverse marketing material as you can fold them in different ways and bind them, and they are not limited in sizes like leaflets , pamphlets , or flyers . You can choose the one that fits your needs best based on factors such as budget, target audience, style, and overall marketing strategy.

Despite being the most popular choice for tourism service providers, even those who know how to make a travel brochure template often confuse it with other promotional materials. To clarify, we’ll go over the main differences in a few bullet points:

• Travel brochures have a minimum of two pages containing images and written content. They are primarily used for selling and marketing services, containing details about them and activities available in an area. 
• Pamphlets are much smaller in size, with a panel of written content and images. They are used to inform and educate, covering only one topic, and are similar in aspect to flyers. 
• Booklets have more pages and are more expensive, but they are usually used for manuals and are always bound. 
• Leaflets are similar to pamphlets and flyers if only a bit smaller and more sophisticated.

Still, printed marketing materials are outshined by their digital counterparts in the age of technology and the internet. Everything is made available and more appealing at the click of a button or the swipe of a screen, so why should your brochure marketing strategy stay in the past? Let’s see why you should look into digital travel brochures and some ways to reduce printing costs .

Travel brochures – why choose digital?

Travel agencies or visitor’s centers will have different types of printed marketing materials available to browse. That part is unlikely to change. Still, people leave them behind, throw them away, and they become waste before the next season comes around.

Digital travel brochures don’t fall into this trap as they are, well … digital. They stay on your devices. You have them on your phone, always on hand, and, once downloaded, you can consult them anytime. Digital travel brochures are also editable. You won’t have to recover stacks of printed copies, discard them, and replace them before clients still take the content as accurate. You can just change the content as you wish.

Still, how can you decide which is better for you and your business? Just consider the costs and your needs and organize your marketing strategy accordingly. Printed materials are necessary only to showcase in information centers or travel agencies and for clients that don’t venture online for their traveling plans. Furthermore, given online services proficiency, you don’t need design experience to make a professional-looking travel brochure.

Learning how to make a travel brochure has never been easier. You can simply upload a PDF file in record time and play around with the features available. A quick guide will help you through the basics, and you’ll be halfway there.

How to make a travel brochure?

So far, from this article, you have discovered what is a travel brochure and what the differences between print and digital are. We can move on to the more exciting part of this article and probably the reason you’re here in the first place.

Let’s see how to make a travel brochure! Creating your first can seem a bit daunting, especially if you don’t have much marketing experience. From design to content, people think it is overwhelming. But, hey! That’s what brought you here, so let’s start!

• Think before you do
• Develop a buyer persona
• Organize your ideas
• Choose the right format
• Write a compelling copy
• Make it visually appealing
• Color outside the lines
• Include branding elements
• Reach your audience

But let’s take a closer look at them one by one and get into more details.

1. Think before you do

You know why travel brochures are important to a marketing strategy if you work in the tourism industry. Their main purpose is to market your services, but you don’t simply tell your customers about them. You make them as tangible as possible. Traveling isn’t a product that can be tested. You don’t get a trial version before you book your holiday, so you use travel brochures for that.

Of course, knowing what you’re promoting in your travel brochure is detrimental. Basing your written content on online information won’t guarantee success; what will is having experienced the things you write about. “Write about what you know,” as critics say, relates to the authenticity of the information. Imagination and creativity can take us only so far, but actual experience supersedes them. Explore the location and services for yourself as a simple Google search can tell a client about the best hotel in the area. You need to give them more. An effective travel brochure can make them feel like they are there, and first-hand experience is the best source for inspiring content.

An efficient travel brochure doesn’t only have the best images, design, copy, and color scheme. It must have all of that but focused on the customer’s needs. Otherwise, it’s a pamphlet. Interactive digital brochures do even more with added videos. Overwhelm your reader’s senses so that they imagine themselves experiencing those services. It will make the difference between browsing for services and buying them. Still, before writing your copy, get up close and personal with your targeted audience.

2. Develop a buyer persona

Knowing what you write is as important as knowing for whom you are writing. Developing a buyer persona will make you understand your audience better. You don’t want to promote skydiving to toddlers or a puppet show to adrenaline seekers. Know who will benefit the most from your services and address them. 

A buyer persona represents your ideal customer or target audience. This is a character you design based on what you sell and the characteristics of the person who buys your product. You need to know and understand your buyer persona like the back of your hand. Are they married? Do they have children? What’s their age group? Do you know their interests? What makes them tick? How do they book their holiday? What activities do they prefer? When in doubt, create several buyer personas (three is the recommended minimum) because you won’t only have one type of customer buying your products.

Developing your buyer persona is like creating a character for a book you’re writing. The story is all about the character; if you don’t understand your character thoroughly, the story will lose its flow, meaning, and authenticity. Look at reviews, testimonials, characteristics of potential clients, and your services to develop your buyer persona. Once you know what they want, you’ll be able to better accommodate their needs. When in doubt, look for templates online for designing your buyer persona , and once they become as tangible as possible without being real, you can start making your travel brochure.

3. Organize your ideas

Before you continue your travel brochure, you need a general idea of what your travel brochure will look like. It’s important you tell a story through your content, immerse your audience into an experience, and take them with you on a teaser of their holiday. But how do you do that? Take all the information you intend to write about, and make a plan for your travel brochure. 

Your buyer persona is your target audience, and you need to excite them. Readers are drawn to a good storyline, and as the storyteller, you’ll take them on an adventure. Infuse an emotion through your front page, delve deeper into the main subject with an intro, give them the main attractions, and show them what they’ll experience there. You need to tickle a nerve. Give them the right reasons to be unable to scroll past your offer, and convince them to purchase your services through compelling arguments. 

But don’t forget while your aim is to sell an emotion, you must keep it brief, succinct, and to the point. It’s the simple words that carry the heaviest emotions. This compelling argument should be recurring throughout your travel brochure, reiterating more and more as they move past each page. Tell a story through text, imagery, page layout, and flow. They will have to book their holiday by the end of your travel brochure, and if done correctly, it won’t turn out to be a novel. Size does matter in travel brochures. 

4. Choose the right format

Once you know what your travel brochure will be about and who will read it, you can get into the more technical elements of making a travel brochure. Size, style, and format mostly apply to foldable printed travel brochures designs due to folding techniques. Still, if you design your brochure in a digital format, you should keep this in mind. Using the digital version of your brochure for any printed copies will be easier than designing two, and you’ll find many travel brochure templates for various folding styles . Consider using a really good laptop for graphic design so the result is high quality on paper, too.

If you intend to print copies of your travel brochure, you should keep it simple, as custom shapes won’t save you money. That is if you don’t mind splurging on your marketing materials. The most common dimensions for brochures are A4, A5, and DL (dimension lengthwise), but for printed brochures, it’s the folding that takes the cake. You can pick and choose from the single fold, concertina fold, cross fold, open-gate fold, couple-gate fold, and roll fold, or make origami if you want to stand out. All that folding, however, can take away from the visuals you use.

Aside from the ability to print it, a digital brochure can come in various sizes. The basic option is an A4, horizontal or vertical, from which you can implement many folding techniques. Still, there is the letter format (916 x 1056 px) for a slightly wider variant, followed by the tabloid (1632 x 1056 px). The smaller sizes resemble the flyer (416 x 865 px) or booklet format (793 x 793 px). Still, you can make it multiple pages without considering paper quality, limited space, ink, and budget, especially if you want an informative copy. 

5. Write a compelling copy

As the most time-consuming part of how to make a travel brochure, you don’t want to rush through the copy. Words are an unlimited resource of magic in our world. They can hurt, heal, save, and push over the edge, making them a powerful tool to wield. Still, they make the intangible tangible, and thoughts can be made a reality through them. For the copy of a travel brochure template, get your grammar game on point. Check everything twice and be mindful of punctuation. Everything must work together, but without a good copy, even the most breathtaking images can’t save a travel brochure. When you think of the copy and the visuals, think of the heart and lungs of the travel brochure. One can not work without the other.

Be aware of who you’ll be addressing and how you’ll address them. Tailor your voice on your buyer’s personas. Address the copy as you would your friends. This makes the content more approachable for writers of any skill level and bridges the gap between you and your audience. Also, your travel brochure’s text (copy) must be descriptive. It has to paint a clear picture of the place where you’re inviting your readers. With interactive maps, your readers will get familiar with their surroundings and know what to expect.

Let readers visualize their experience. Transport them to your destination. Invite them over to try out new experiences. Enthusiasm is a contagious feeling, and you can transmit passion through words. Include a call to action once you drew them in by the written content like “Plan your adventure now!”, “Sign up for the latest offers!” or simply “Book!” Then the right visual will get them over the finish line in no time.

6. Make it visually appealing

While we’ve established that telling a story is detrimental to the informational part of what is a travel brochure, the imagery is the visual that shows the story and captures the attention. If the images are dull, you could write the next Romeo & Juliette, and no one will read it. As images are the first things people see when they look at examples of a travel brochure , include engaging visuals that showcase experiences and people having fun, giving your audience a taste of the sight-seeing part of traveling. 

We are visual creatures drawn to aesthetics. It’s in our genetic makeup, and by using appealing imagery of landscapes, you can relay a feeling, even if it’s only longing to be in that place. If you want to take your travel brochure to the next level, implement interactive features. Think of your buyer’s persona and target their fantasies. Whether it’s sunbathing while enjoying a cocktail, hiking peaks while the thrill of birds keeps you company, or something exhilarating like a skydiving video embed, provide for that fantasy through a virtual tour but keep it accurate. Don’t sell something you don’t have.

Once you decide on the story, you want to tell, finding the right images will be easy. There are multiple websites for stock photos that you can use, many for free or for a fee. The quality of the images you use matters, and if you’re willing to go the extra mile, hire a professional photographer. Stock images can go a long way, but original imagery, commissioned to express a particular emotion, has a different impact. It will also help with how they perceive you in the field, increasing your position among competitors through original content. Combine the visuals with the color pallet for a harmonious travel brochure design.

7. Color outside the lines

After choosing your images carefully, make sure you select a color scheme for your brochure. When it comes to designing your own travel brochure template, the sky’s the limit. You can use branding, style, and imagery to create a color scheme. Firstly, the importance of a color scheme is relevant if color is a focus of your travel brochure. 

Knowing how to make a digital brochure doesn’t mean you must know or be proficient at travel brochure design. However, if you intend to use color to highlight some sections of your travel brochure or create a theme, you must remember the overall pallet you use. Again, if color is not an overwhelming part of your design, you can be relatively liberal with what colors you use. Still, if your travel brochure has plenty of turquoise images of ocean beaches with clear blue water, the designer can integrate blues perfectly throughout the travel brochure design.

A well-known fact, blue is one of the calmest colors. It communicates peace and tranquility. So, when advertising beach resorts or hotels, you may want to use lighter shades of blue to send the right message with your travel brochure design. That is the psychological effect colors have on us. Similarly, orange inspires action, and green can be soothing if it’s light or envy-inducing if dark. Red stands for passion but also anger, while purple is luxurious. You can use a color wheel to better understand which colors work best together to ensure an enticing combination. Use your brand colors, and your company will become synonymous with the best holiday of their lives in no time.

8. Include branding elements

You may know some businesses in the tourism industry by their logos, slogans, or images . Think of the font in Holiday Inn’s logo, “Sweet Home Alabama ”, “The city that never sleeps,” or “Finger Likin’ Good,” and tell me your mind doesn’t go places. Implementing branding in a brochure marketing campaign doesn’t only help with sales but will also increase the company’s and its services’ popularity. The message sticks with the consumer; if the overall experience is good, they come again. If not, they know to stay away from it.

That is why brand consistency throughout your marketing materials is essential. If your clients enjoy themselves, it will help them remember your brand and return when the next holiday comes around. Branding means everything from your company’s logo, slogan, brand colors, font pairings , or typography. Incorporate branding elements in your marketing materials to connect your brand to the message. Aside from standing out and being recognized from the millionth other brands, using them will breed loyalty.

Keep your brand in mind throughout your travel brochure and other marketing materials. Maybe you can work with the colors, some cursive lettering titles, or simply a feeling that oozes from your brand. Whatever it is, work it throughout your travel brochure design with a branding kit . If your brand colors are pastels, keep to those hues and tints, but if it’s black and white, think carefully about adding color. What you have to say can also make a difference so keep the general idea of your written content in the back of your mind before you get around to hashing it out. Now all you need to do is send your travel brochure to people.

9. Reach your audience

Once you finish your travel brochure examples, you need to publish them. You save it in whatever editor you’re using and send it to the printer if you want to have physical copies. You can send traditional printed brochures to hotels, and trade events, in PR kits or through the post. 

A digital travel brochure lives online, and you can share it as a PDF link as far and wide as possible. Share a link that opens the page or a full-screen link to open the travel brochure in full-screen mode in your browser. You can easily share it through social media platforms, email, and embedded on websites and downloaded for further consultation in various formats. Like that, you won’t need an internet connection or to carry them in hand wherever you travel.

Some distribution paths incur additional costs, which is why digital travel brochures are gaining more terrain. We’re not saying that if you go digital, you won’t need a marketing budget, but when for 5000 printed brochures, you need around $2000 for design, printing, delivery, and distribution. A monthly fee of $35 is a bargain. Considering all the benefits, features, and design options you get from such a package, you’ll save money faster than ever . On top of that, once you share your published digital travel brochure, you can also update any pricing or information alterations in real-time. Talk about efficiency.

Design your travel brochure with Flipsnack

Congratulations! Now that you have everything you need to make a travel brochure marketing campaign like a professional, you can get to work. Everything from the section above will be applicable when you make a digital travel brochure. But now that you have the know-how let’s talk about the tool.  There are plenty of online tools for designing promotional materials , but with range, applicability, and usability, after 10 years of experience, none can overcome Flipsnack. Making your own digital travel brochure in our Design Studio will be easy. Our flipbook software offers you three paths you can take when creating a travel brochure. Let’s see more about these options, shall we?

One of the simplest ways to create a digital travel brochure in Flipsnack is to upload an already-made brochure. With the fastest PDF converter on the market , it’s no wonder many of our customers choose this option. Once your PDF file has been converted, you take it to the next level through the interactive features available .  Want to include a short video about your spa? Go ahead! Want a soothing sound for a more intense experience while people read sections about the wildlife in the area? You can have that. Include internal and external links for easier access to even more details. Add social media buttons so your customers can keep in touch with ease. Update the content easily when something changes and share it in HTML5 , video, or GIF versions to be accessible on any device.

When inspiration strikes, you can create a travel brochure from scratch . Organize your travel brochure from the first to the last page, and balance the copy and visuals in a seamless manner to tell the story you want to tell. Add styling elements and interactivity features that keep the flow of the brochure going. Creating your own travel brochure gives you free rein over the entire process so let your imagination run wild and design your vision into reality.

When the muse takes a break, you can browse through our travel brochure templates to find something that speaks to you. Once you choose the travel brochure template that fits best with your needs, you only need to fill the template with your original content. Make it your own through simple customizing options. You can personalize it through a simple drag & drop and then start adding interactivities. This will give your travel brochure a new dimension, capturing the attention and inspiring people to take you up on your offer.  Choose the path you want, but once you make your choice, it doesn’t mean you won’t have access to the others. You can add extra pages to uploaded PDFs, original designs, or templates. You can also use one page from a template to add in an original design and any other combination that you can think of. The borders of your imagination are the limits when it comes to our Design Studio . Just continue reading, and we’ll give you a taste of what Flipsnack can do for you through a few travel brochure examples.

Travel Brochures Examples

From here on out, we’re done with the technical aspects of digital travel brochures. Now we’ll show you that we don’t only talk the talk but also walk the walk. 

Blue Sea Tourism Brochure Template

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, if the image looks anything like the one in the travel brochure example below, it’s easy to see where that saying comes from. This blue sea travel brochure template will ignite any beach lover’s imagination.

As you browse through its pages, one thing that stands out is the turquoise color of water and sky integrated throughout the brochure. The page number is of a similarly shaded background. Make this work for any breathtaking visual by changing the color of other connected elements throughout the template. Once you have done this, introduce your logo, replace the images and text, add interactions to capture your audience’s attention, and personalize it for your business.

Pattern Themed Travel Brochure Template

A dynamic travel brochure template can help you organically highlight the most appealing activities if you have a theme in mind. With the spotlight on them, simplicity is essential as you don’t want other elements to distract the readers.

Here we have a pattern themed travel brochure . The travel brochure design makes it look like a diary photo album, intentionally connecting a personal item so that the reader connects to it with ease. Cursive writing titles on polaroid photographs make it feel like a travel journal you make before your trip begins. It’s an inspirational and concise way to bridge the gap between the experience available and the reader who has yet to experience them.

Adventure Trip Brochure Template

This digital travel brochure example can come in foldable templates that work in both the printed and digital worlds. Select the main attraction for the promoted destination and inspire your readers’ curiosity enough to generate leads. 

This front-and-back adventure travel brochure template gives an immersive experience through visuals that continue beyond the page. A design created for the tourism industry ensures that travelers get access to all the relevant information while at the same time seeing a sneak peek of the attractions they can visit. Make it foldable in printed version or keep it digital for easy distribution. The choice is yours once you customize it with the most popular attractions, best-reviewed hotels, and highest-scoring restaurants.

Informative Travel Brochure Template

Marketing strategies come in different forms, and teasers work to ignite the spark, tickle curiosity, and demand action. You can use a simple, short, and content-limited travel brochure example if you include your contact information.

The saying, less is more is the best way to describe a teaser brochure marketing campaign. Through this informative travel brochure template , you only give your readers a taste, the smallest sample of the experiences they could enjoy. Still, if you add a few more between the front and back, you can give them as much information as you want. Activate a form for access inside of it and easily gather contact information from them.

Double Gate Fold Holiday Promotion Brochure Template

You can fold printed travel brochures differently, but you can see this from the template. On the outside, you say what it’s about. Open it to start your story, and open it again to find out more.

This double-gate fold travel brochure template comes with layers. Each layer takes the audience deeper and deeper as you provide more information about the offers available. While the main image starts on the front page in its folded format, it continues on the inside without creating a bigger image. It simply continues. Once it’s fully open, you can show different locations worth visiting and give your clients a choice. Break apart the text with relevant images, so they understand their options.

Before & After

Those templates are just that – templates you can easily personalize to promote your services. We discussed some of these features throughout the article, but this before-and-after section is where you see them in action. Changing the pictures and text is one thing, but there’s so much more you can do with Flipsnack. The before the template is the version without any customization. In the after template, you’ll be able to see the distinguishable changes and some that are not as visible.

Get ready to design

There are many ways to make a travel brochure through Flipsnack. As you can see, the options are boundless. Your imagination is the only limit. Besides creativity and a sense of wonder, you now have the tools necessary to create breathtaking travel brochures that can reach your audience wherever they may go, so don’t hold back. Take your time, try out the features available through Flipsnack, and figure out which makes more sense for your product and how you can use them both for your and your audience’s utmost benefit. 

Bring those incredible holiday destinations to your buyer personas screens, where they don’t have to go out of their way to find out about them, and ensure an authentic connection from the start. Show them what they want to see, create it in Flipsnack, and give it to them. New experiences feed our growth, but some may need an extra push. Give it to them through your first travel brochure, and they’ll thank you for it later.

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How to make a travel brochure

First things first:

What is a travel brochure?

A travel brochure is a printed or digital publication designed to provide information about a particular destination or travel experience.

These brochures are typically created by travel agencies, tourism boards, or businesses to attract visitors and provide them with information about the destination.

The goal of a travel brochure is to inspire and inform potential travelers, encouraging them to choose the destination for their next adventure.

In this article, we aim to help you with the creation of your travel content, providing some useful tips and considerations to have in mind to start from scratch with your brochure.

Outline the travel brochure

• How to create a travel brochure? - What’s inside a travel brochure? - What to add to the design of a Travel brochure?
• Things to consider when creating travel brochure - Who is your audience? - What to avoid?

Make an online travel brochure

In the first place, it’ll be necessary to select the destination that you’re going to make the content about and investigate its most famous places, culture, traditions, foods, markets, and seasonal events.

Consider when the travel brochure will be distributed. When possible, the best option is to work on different brochures for each season to make it more appealing and useful. For example, you can use summer or winter pictures, warm or cold colors in the design, add more relevant information about events or activities on the dates, and so you can create a brochure with a much more specific context for the traveler.

With that in mind, you then can create an outline of everything you will include on the brochure, and most importantly, you’ll need to verify that the information you’ve collected is trustworthy. Make sure that the sources where you took this information from have comments, reviews, or is an official site.

When someone decides to travel to a city and is looking for a brochure, he most probably has never been there, so you want to ensure that the people reading your content get the best information possible in a straightforward and clear way . You can always add links or references for the reader to expand the information and go deeper.

Use illustrative pictures that will allow the reader to discover the charm of the focal points like monuments, and nature, and have a brief idea of what that place is about. Make sure that these pictures are high quality, and try not to use pictures that don’t show authentic colors. Making a place look better than it is with an overly retouched image will only make the traveler disappointed and blame the brochure or, worse, the brand.

Add maps to your brochure to make it more useful. They could be interactive so your readers can see the places they want to visit and what will be around.

Include recommendations about places where the tourist can eat typical food, where they can go shopping, carnivals, events, etc. And, of course, mention your services, such as if you offer guidance, accommodation, transportation, etc.

You can also contact the best places when you do not offer these specific services. It is usually possible to reach agreements or partnerships with them. Keep in mind that the satisfaction of your reader is more important than the profitability of a partnership.

How to create a travel brochure?

What’s inside a travel brochure.

The cover often features a captivating image or illustration of a key attraction from the destination. It may also include the destination's name and a slogan representing the place.

A brief introduction or welcome message that sets the tone for the brochure and entices readers to explore the destination. This can be about the city, the country, or an introduction to your services.

Add the main destinations. This section must highlight the main attractions, landmarks, and activities that make the destination unique. It may include images, descriptions, and key selling points. Add information about historical facts about the destination.

Add a map of the area to help readers get a sense of the geography and the location of major points of interest. The map can be interactive or have the places highlighted with illustrations. As we mentioned, this will help your readers spend more time looking at the brochure, which will help your brand retention.

Include accommodations , like information about hotels, resorts, and other lodging options in the area, including information about amenities, room types, and contact information.

Descriptions of various activities and entertainment options available in the destination, such as tours, excursions, and cultural events. Here it is necessary to consider when the travel brochure will be distributed in order to include only the events of the specific season and not to overload it with unnecessary information.

Information about local cuisine , popular restaurants, and dining options, including special dishes or culinary experiences unique to the area. When possible talk to someone who lives near the area. Many of the best restaurants are not very public, and your reader will appreciate a good, not-so-well-known place to eat.

Select the appropriate information about transportation . Add details on how to get to the destination, and the most exclusive or affordable ways. This section may also include links to buy transportation tickets. It's something most travelers don't like spending time on.

Make sure to include useful information such as local customs, language tips, currency details, and other practical advice.

It's also a good idea to save some space to add quotes or testimonials from previous visitors, providing positive feedback about their experiences in the destination.

Always include your contact details for the tourism board, travel agencies, or businesses mentioned in the brochure and near the testimonials or in the context of the services offered, allowing visitors to seek further information at the right time.

What to add to the design of a Travel brochure?

The role of a travel brochure design is important to create visually appealing and informative publications. As one, you can use different tools that will prove templates to have somewhere to start with your design, for example you can work with Canva , Venngage , InDesign , among others.

Travel brochure designers are responsible for conceptualizing the visual elements of the brochure. This includes selecting appropriate images, graphics, and layout styles that capture the essence of the destination. For example, using a classic font for an Athens travel brochure, a modern background for a Tokyo travel, or a warm color palette for a Caribean trip.

You should also ensure that the brochure aligns with you branding guidelines to reinforce the brand identity.

The layout and composition of the brochure involves arranging text, images, and other design elements in a way that is aesthetically pleasing and guides the reader through the content logically. For example, you can add "Did you know?" boxes with facts or tips, relevant maps or infographies in-between the text or maybe a layout with testimonials at the bottom of each section.

Choose the right typography for readability and to maintain the overall theme of the design. You should choose two fonts or three at most to keep the design consistent, and it should be very legible in case the traveler is on the move.

Selecting high-quality images that showcase the destination's attractions and atmosphere is key. This is the first thing that will catch your reader attention, and it can be difficult to differentiate from any other travel brochure about the same place. You can be creative by using close-up pictures for what would normally be a landscape. Or combine images of a monument: a small one easily recognizable and a larger one with unusual or uknown details. Including photos of people enjoying activities can also help your reader reflect on what will happen when he gets there.

While designing the brochure you also need to organize information in a structured way. You can emphasize a travel route, a theme, the history behind a place or the importance for quick or long travels. Depending on the research of the destination and the target audience, you must choose the appropriate organization.

When you know the brochure will be printed , using a print-first approach is a good idea. It is easier to make a printed document become digital than the other way around. You need to consider specifications such as paper size, folds, bleed margins, and the minimum resolution of the images you will use. Always keep in mind what sections will become interactive when online. This will help you take the appropiate design decisions early on. For example, a printed map should be large enough to be easily navigable when converted to a Google map in the digital version.

Bring a creative flair to the project, exploring innovative ways to present information to stand out. Add interactions like videos, webs to official sites, typical music of the country, links, among others, this will make the content more interactive and fun to watch for the travelers.

Things to consider when creating a travel brochure.

Who is your audience.

The target audience for a travel brochure can vary depending on the destination, the purpose of the content, and the marketing strategy. However, in general, the primary audience includes:

• Individuals who are considering traveling to the destination
• People who have a general interest in travel
• Bussiness travelers
• Tour operators
• Educational institutions or cultural organizations
• Event planners promoting conferences or special occasions
• National, or local governmental entities promoting their city or region

You don't have to stick to the general category you are targeting. Go as deep as you can researching the target audience:

• Analyze the destination main attractions: Will it attract families? honeymooners, cultural enthusiasts?
• Understand the demographics: Is it a destination for older or younger people? Is it an expensive or luxury destination?
• Think about the travel motivations: Is it a leisure or a business travel? Must be an adventure or a relaxed experience?

This will help you define the tone of the text and the design of your brochure, and will make it easier for you to decide what to recommend for places to go, routes to follow, restaurants to eat, or activities to do.

What to avoid?

Things to avoid when making a travel brochure:

Avoid overloading the brochure with too much information. A clean and organized design is more attractive and more accessible to readers.

Try not to mislead the reader. They are trusting you for a travel to an unknown place. Focusing on their interests and preferences will help your brand more than any promotion or partnership.

Keep the information updated. What could be worse than planning and going to a remote site only to find that it is closed for renovations? Keep a list of the activities and update your brochure often. Make it clear to your readers when you updated something and they will see that they are in good hands.

Don't leave the digital version aside . Ensure that it is digital and mobile-friendly. Many people access travel information on smartphones, so the brochure should be easily viewable on any device. Allow your readers to download the content in case the connectivity is a problem, so they can access the brochure always.

Poorly edited images can impact the overall quality of the brochure. Images are what will initially attract your readers, they need to be high-quality and represent the destination well.

Long paragraphs of text can be overwhelming. Aim for concise and engaging content. Use bullet points, subheadings, and captions to break up the text and make it more friendly. Avoid using complex langage , keep the language simple and accessible.

Now that you created the best possible travel brochure you can make it online with Heyzine . A few and easy steps and it looks like this:

We have various guides on how to create your travel brochure flipbook , add interactivity , group them in digital bookshelves , or embed hem to your website .

Go ahead and inspire more people to travel the world.

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6 Beautiful Travel Brochure Examples for Students

If you compare the first brochure ever made to the brochures of today, the differences may surprise you. The earliest brochures were black and white with no photos. The purpose was purely informational. Today, visual elements and overall design play a much bigger role, especially when you’re creating a brochure as part of an educational goal.

In this blog post, we’ll give you travel brochure examples for students. Keep reading to empower yourself to create something others can use as inspiration when exploring new destinations. 

Before You Start: 3 Elements Your Brochure Needs

Planning is an important first step for travel and the same is true for creating brochures. Here’s a look at what every good brochure needs.

1. Research the Destination

It’s important to do your homework before you travel. There are many ways to do this, and what you choose will depend on how close you are to the destination and what you may already know about it.

If you’re close enough to the destination to visit yourself, take the time to travel there. This will give you firsthand experience and insight that can add a unique perspective to your brochure design.

When traveling to the destination doesn’t make sense, start your research online instead. You can use official government websites, tourism blogs, or even social media to get a sense of what’s special about the location.

Ask Family and Friends

You can also get tips from people who live in or have traveled to the destination. Understanding what the must-see or must-do attractions are will give you the right information to include on brochure panels.

2. Get Images

Next, you’ll need images for your design. There are two options you can choose from to get the best possible results.

Pick Up Your Camera

If you’re able to visit the destination yourself, brush up on photography tips before you go, so you can take your own pictures .

This way, your brochure will be differentiated from any others and grab people’s attention.

Purchase Stock Images

Don’t have access to images of your own? Buy images from a stock image site to use in your project. Just make sure you understand the license terms and limitations before you decide to use an image.

3. Select a Template

At this point, you’ll have everything you need to start putting your brochure together. Choosing a brochure template is the best way to ensure you can create a visually appealing asset, even if you don’t have any design experience.

Look for something that’s easy to add your information to and edit with an online design . In just a few clicks with an online editor , you can put a brochure together that you can print and share to show what you learned.

Not sure where to start with your brochure design? You don’t have to come up with something or struggle to put it together on your own.

Instead, use these ideas to help you get the ball rolling on your own creation. 

1. Handmade Brochure

Handmade brochures are nice for projects you want to feel extra special. Start with a simple, blank page with multiple sections.

Then you can write or draw on the details you want to include to give the final product a personal touch.

2. Digital Brochure

Digital brochures are handy for showcasing your work because they’re easy to update and share on social media.

You can customize them with interactive links, videos, and other multimedia content that would be difficult (or impossible) to include in a print brochure.

3. City Brochures

Describe why people would want to visit a city and what they can do there. You might include some historical facts about the area, as well as some interesting places or activities you think tourists might enjoy experiencing.

This may include talking about areas such as shopping districts, dining options , recreation areas, and more, depending on what kinds of things are available throughout the different seasons.

4. State Brochures

Use state brochures to promote tourism in a state , and teach others about its culture and history . If you’re creating a brochure about your own state, it can also help you learn more about where you’re from.

You’ll want to think about what makes a particular area truly special, and list any key facts visitors should know about—like the climate they should pack for.

5. Country Brochures

What would you say about a country if you had to sum it up in just a few words? The answer to that question will help you come up with the concept for a country brochure.

There’s only room for the highlights here, so be selective about the points and the imagery you choose to include.

6. Landmark Brochures

Landmarks may be easy to identify but we often don’t know much more about them. They’re just an icon we can picture in our minds.

Use a brochure as an opportunity to expand someone’s knowledge and turn the landmark into not just a sight worth seeing, but a destination to travel to.

Now, it’s your turn to create your own brochure design. Use these travel brochure examples for students to create an asset that will help you learn about different cultures and places in our world.

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