Idea 77 of 500. Cluster 4: The experience economy
Sunrise and sunset access tours
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
Find out from the site office what hours the site opens and whether any early or late access is allowed. Then offer guesthouses a sunrise package: a pickup before dawn, entry at opening, breakfast after. Run it for two guests and ask what they would pay. Their price and a guesthouse's yes are the proof.
- Who pays first
- Photographers, and visitors who dislike crowds and heat, who will pay extra to see the site in the first and last light.
- What leaves today
- Visitors see the sites in the midday crush and leave; first and last light justify a night on either side of the visit.
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
- 74Costume and photography experiences
- 75Archaeology-themed treasure hunts for children
- 76Private guided tours led by historians and archaeologists
Idea 77 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.