SojernSurvey
41%
13%cut spend
DMOs increasing digital marketing spend
Are destinations spending more on digital marketing?
41% of DMOs increased digital spend, 41% held it flat and 13% cut it.
DMOs increasing digital marketing spend · Global41%
cut spend13%
28 points apart
A flat aggregate hiding a reallocation. With 64% producing AI-formatted content on budgets that mostly did not grow, the money is moving inside the line rather than being added to it.
Source
- Reference period
- Geography
- Global
- Evidence type
- Survey
- Sample
- 359 destination marketers worldwide
- For comparison
- cut spend: 13%
- Last checked
Method
Sojern State of Destination Marketing 2026, 359 destination marketers worldwide, fielded with Dynata. Remaining share did not report.
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