 5 Easy Ways to Get on Board with Bookstore Tourism
Bookstore Tourism is a grassroots travel niche that encourages booklovers
to plan group-trips to cities and towns with interesting, fun and unique
independent bookshops.
Sound enjoyable? Here are five easy ways to get involved:
- Organize a "bookstore road trip" with friends: Talk to
the book addicts in your life and plan an excursion to the
bookshops in another city. Find out which stores are there
and come up with a game plan to hit them all. It may take
a little research, but discovering new bookshops is worth
it!
- Plan a trip with an organization: Bookstore Tourism is
a perfect activity for reading groups, schools, libraries,
non-profits, etc. Depending on your group's size, you can
load everyone into a couple of minivans or hire a tour bus
for the day. You can make it a members-only event or open
it up to the community.
- Combine your trip with other literary attractions: Many
towns with great bookstores also offer tours of famous authors'
homes. Others are renowned as the settings of well-known
books. Be sure to include these sites in your travels.
- Partner with your local booksellers: Ask how you can work
with them to create Bookstore Tourism events. Consider organizing
a ‘Bookstore Exchange Trip’ with bibliophiles
from another town to attract them to your local bookshops.
- Start a ‘Bookstore Adventure Club’: Encourage
your group to make Bookstore Tourism a monthly or even bi-weekly
activity!
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