Idea 85 of 500. Cluster 4: The experience economy
Birdwatching with expert guides
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
Walk one birding route near you at dawn with the best local bird-spotter you know and list every species you see. Write it up as a one-page morning with a price. Send it to birding clubs abroad and post it in two birding forums. Enquiries with dates, or a paid booking, are the proof.
- Who pays first
- Birdwatchers who plan whole trips around species lists and pay well for a guide who knows where to look.
- What leaves today
- Specialist birders stay long and spend on guides; without a local expert, they book their birding trips somewhere else.
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 85 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.