Idea 74 of 500. Cluster 4: The experience economy
Costume and photography experiences
The mechanism, from the book
An app that tells people what is happening tonight converts a day visit into a 2-night stay.
Every idea in cluster 4 uses this mechanism.
A first step
Borrow two traditional costumes from a dance school or a family, find a photographer with a good camera, and set up near a heritage site entrance for one weekend. Charge per session and deliver the photographs within a day. Sessions sold, and the price visitors paid without hesitation, are the proof.
- Who pays first
- Couples and families who want a photograph in traditional dress at a famous site, delivered the same day.
- What leaves today
- Every visitor takes photographs for free; a costumed session sells the same moment as a paid, local service.
The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.
The test
Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?
The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.
In the book
- Ch. FiveThe Most Photographed Rock in the World
What a day visit needs in order to become 2 nights
More from cluster 4
- 71Evening cultural performances on a fixed nightly schedule
- 72Moonlit storytelling: the legends, the kings, the histories
- 73Royal feast dinners recreating historical menus
- 75Archaeology-themed treasure hunts for children
- 76Private guided tours led by historians and archaeologists
- 77Sunrise and sunset access tours
Idea 74 of the 500 in the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? Every one can be started by one person, one family or one small firm.