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Social Media Management for
Tourism & Local Government

With short vertical videos,we get you seen, then chosenand run all of it for you.

  • More saves, more branded search, longer viewing
  • Strategy to reporting, one-stop management
  • Strong at sharing the experience
  • POV video of cleaning a guest room at Shimoda View Hotel

    Shimoda, Shizuoka

    Hotels & ryokan

    Shimoda View Hotel

    1.99M views

  • POV video of a stylist coloring hair at a Shibuya salon

    Shibuya, Tokyo

    Hair salon

    A hair salon in Shibuya

    2.3M views

  • POV video of a food truck selling braised-pork burgers at an event

    Japan National Stadium, Tokyo

    Food truck

    Iwasaki Honpo (braised-pork burgers)

    1.51M views

  • POV video of making toppings in a pudding kitchen
    Sweets maker

    Tokyo Tenryu

    1.0M views

  • POV video of a coin ring workshop

    Asakusa, Tokyo

    Craft workshop

    RAGTIME COIN FACTORY

    790K views

  • Video of an acai bowl shop owner presenting the menu

    Kawaramachi, Kyoto

    Café

    Sugary, an acai bowl shop

    4.6M views

  • POV video of a J.League home match, filmed through the eyes of the club's media officer
    Football club

    Reilac Shiga FC

  • POV video of cutting an exhaust and fitting a variable valve in a repair shop
    Auto repair

    Doggies outfit customs (Dufflyer LLC)

    250K views

  • POV video of a glamping site staff member checking guests in

    Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki

    Glamping

    Izura Hot Spring

    906K views

View counts are from TikTok as of October 2026

We focus on the experience of walking, eating and staying in a destination, and on the process by which local people create its festivals and specialities. We use this to build brand recall, drive sales and support hiring.

Results

  • Avg. save rate

    3.8×

  • Avg. watch time

    5×

  • Avg. branded searches

    +68%

Trip planning starts on social media now

26.78tn yen

Domestic travel by Japanese residents is a 27 trillion yen market

Domestic travel spending by Japanese residents in 2025, up 6.5% year on year, across 553.13 million trips

Japan Tourism Agency, Travel and Tourism Consumption Trend Survey, 2025 annual figures (final)

49.1%

Half of twentysomethings look for destinations and travel tips here

Instagram, named by people in their twenties as a source of travel information. Overall it is 26.4%, and travel booking sites 28.4%

Rakuten Insight, Survey on Travel, March 2025 (n=1,000)

31.6%

Three in ten women under 30 pick destinations on social

Share who weight social posts by individuals or travel media when choosing where to go. Overall it is 15.3%

Jalan Research Center, Domestic Overnight Travel Needs Survey, spring 2025 (people intending to travel, n=3,151)

327properties

For an authority's social media: are short of people too

Number of local authorities citing a shortage of people as a challenge in running social media. Instagram is the most used platform, with 605 responses

Digital Smart City Foundation, Survey of Local Authorities on Tourism, 2024 (n=720)

311properties

Whether it works goes unverified

Number of local authorities citing difficulty verifying whether their posts are effective as a challenge in running social media

Digital Smart City Foundation, Survey of Local Authorities on Tourism, 2024 (n=720)
  • POV video of cleaning a guest room at Shimoda View Hotel

    Shimoda, Shizuoka

    Hotels & ryokan

    Shimoda View Hotel

    1.99M views

  • POV video of a stylist coloring hair at a Shibuya salon

    Shibuya, Tokyo

    Hair salon

    A hair salon in Shibuya

    2.3M views

  • POV video of a food truck selling braised-pork burgers at an event

    Japan National Stadium, Tokyo

    Food truck

    Iwasaki Honpo (braised-pork burgers)

    1.51M views

  • POV video of making toppings in a pudding kitchen
    Sweets maker

    Tokyo Tenryu

    1.0M views

  • POV video of a coin ring workshop

    Asakusa, Tokyo

    Craft workshop

    RAGTIME COIN FACTORY

    790K views

  • Video of an acai bowl shop owner presenting the menu

    Kawaramachi, Kyoto

    Café

    Sugary, an acai bowl shop

    4.6M views

  • POV video of a J.League home match, filmed through the eyes of the club's media officer
    Football club

    Reilac Shiga FC

  • Ad video for a fan-cooled vest
    Ad video

    Landmark Co., Ltd.

  • POV video walking through the night-time art at a hot spring glamping site

    Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki

    Glamping

    Izura Hot Spring

4 benefits of social media for tourism and local government

  1. 01

    Reach people who have never heard of your area

    Vertical videos flow into recommendation feeds, so they catch the eye of travelers who don't even know the place name.

  2. 02

    Seasonal footage keeps working in the off-season

    Videos build up on the account, and last year's snowy scenes get watched again when the season comes back around.

  3. 03

    Show what it is like to work in your area

    When videos from workers' point of view sit alongside the tourism content, people who want to work in the area notice them too.

  4. 04

    Keep posting even when staff wear many hats

    Hand off everything from planning to posting, and updates continue even when events pile up.

Four reasons tourism bodies and local governments choose TripClear for social media

  1. 3.8×

    More saves, more branded search, longer viewing

    Instead of announcements, POV films the experience from the moment a traveler steps off the train, through their eyes. POV Studio

  2. Fully handled

    One-stop management

    We work back from the goals in your tourism plan, and at fiscal year end hand over all footage and account access.

  3. Japan's first

    A professional POV team

    As an official Insta360 partner, we capture 8 to 10 videos' worth on a six-hour shoot. POV Studio

  4. 10M+views/month

    An organic track record that speaks for itself

    Formats grown without ad spend go into a yearly plan built around cherry blossoms, festivals, autumn leaves and snow.

Creative that moves people

Now that social media has become the main battleground for business, what it takes is strategy and memorable content, together. Delivering both is what TripClear does best.

By focusing on the experience people get through a product or service, and on the process of how things are actually made, we turn that content into brand recall, sales, and hiring.

  • Video save rate

    3.8×

    Average save rate versus standard video

  • Branded search growth

    +68%

    Growth in brand-name searches driven by POV video

  • Lower ad CPA

    -42%

    Measured CPA reduction versus existing social ads

Video cases

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  • POV video of a coin ring workshop

    Asakusa, Tokyo

    Craft workshop

    RAGTIME COIN FACTORY

    790K views

  • POV video of cleaning a guest room at Shimoda View Hotel

    Shimoda, Shizuoka

    Hotels & ryokan

    Shimoda View Hotel

    1.99M views

  • POV video of a stylist coloring hair at a Shibuya salon

    Shibuya, Tokyo

    Hair salon

    A hair salon in Shibuya

    2.3M views

  • POV video of a food truck selling braised-pork burgers at an event

    Japan National Stadium, Tokyo

    Food truck

    Iwasaki Honpo (braised-pork burgers)

    1.51M views

  • POV video of making toppings in a pudding kitchen
    Sweets maker

    Tokyo Tenryu

    1.0M views

  • Video of an acai bowl shop owner presenting the menu

    Kawaramachi, Kyoto

    Café

    Sugary, an acai bowl shop

    4.6M views

  • POV video of a J.League home match, filmed through the eyes of the club's media officer
    Football club

    Reilac Shiga FC

  • POV video of cutting an exhaust and fitting a variable valve in a repair shop
    Auto repair

    Doggies outfit customs (Dufflyer LLC)

    250K views

  • POV video of a glamping site staff member checking guests in

    Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki

    Glamping

    Izura Hot Spring

    906K views

View counts are from TikTok as of October 2026

See our results →

Process

From account design through filming, posting and Monthly reporting: how it actually runs for a tourism association or local authority

Account design through posting, improvement and the year-end handover, supported end to end

  1. 1Inquiry and quote

    We learn where your account stands and what you want from it, then quote based on shooting frequency and content plans.

  2. 2Account strategy

    It gets built working back from the targets in the tourism development plan.

  3. 3The annual plan and the scripts

    We lay out what can be filmed when, and when it gets published, first.

  4. 4Batch filming on location

    We trace the same route a traveller takes and film it in one go.

  5. 5Editing, and the pre-publication review

    We tighten it to a pace people watch to the end.

  6. 6Posting, improvement and the year-end handover

    We widen what grew and leave it as an asset at year end.

The platform mix in tourism and local government, and what we watch on each

TikTok Meeting people who don't know the place name yet

What we watchViews, average watch time, follower growth

InstagramReels and feed Getting seasonal itineraries saved

What we watchSaves, profile visits, link clicks

YouTubeShorts and longer The whole area and how to get round it, at greater length

What we watchRetention rate, subscriptions, traffic from search

Official tourism siteevent pages Taking the bookings from people who arrived through video

What we watchSessions by referrer, event sign-ups

The set-up is only an example. Where accounts already exist, we sometimes start by rebuilding them.

Price

Pricing

Social media management / POV video production

JPY 300,000/month and up

Pricing moves with the number of videos and the ideas behind them

  • Full account management
  • Secondary usage rights
  • Paid media recommendations
  • No equipment cost (we lend the gear as an official Insta360 partner)

We'll lay out the approach and cost for your business when we talk

Consultations and quotes are freeRequest a quote

Results

Results in tourism and local government, and related examples from destinations

Destination marketing video for a local authority and tourism association

Local Government / Tourism

Local governments & tourism boards

Attractions, food and cultural experiences published as short video, with influencer casting included.

Over 10m cumulative views on destination content
Traffic to the tourism site from social at 200% year on year

FAQ

Questions we are often asked by tourism associations and local authorities

We think our own officers or association staff could run it. Why go outside?

We aren't against doing it in-house. But the people in tourism associations and local authority tourism teams are invariably doing it alongside another role, and 82% of registered DMOs cite recruiting and developing people as a challenge. Starting by putting only the concept and editing outside is a realistic option.

How is pricing decided?

Social media management and POV video production come as a single plan, from JPY 300,000 a month. Pricing moves with the number of videos and the ideas behind them, so we quote individually once we know how often you want to film and what the concepts are. Secondary use is allowed, and recommendations for linking with ads are included. There is no charge for filming equipment (as an official Insta360 partner, we lend it). If ads are run, media spend is charged separately at cost.

Can we hire you for Instagram management or TikTok management?

Our SNS account management is built around Instagram management and TikTok management. We handle the whole package, from concept and profile planning through ideas, filming and editing for Reels and vertical videos, to posting and reporting.

Which company runs this service?

TripClear Inc., based in Shinsen-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo. Our core is social media management and vertical short-form video production, and we support tourism associations and local authorities. For the company profile, see Company.

Our attractions cluster in one season and we have nothing to post year-round.

We build the annual plan first, on the basis of filming in bulk when it's there and publishing later. The quiet months get bridged by everyday life locally, the food, the crafts and the transport, which can be filmed all year. That's what keeps the posts running.

Doesn't every shoot mean stopping what's happening on the ground?

Nothing stops. In POV, with the operator tracing the same route a visitor takes, no talent, lighting or sets are needed. A six-hour shoot gives eight to ten videos. Places that can't be filmed and anyone needing an application get listed at the first meeting. There is a fuller explanation on POV video for tourism and local government.

Isn't it pointless unless it goes viral?

We have seen it many times: the order of magnitude of views isn't the result. What we judge on is whether it reached the audience you wanted, whether it got saved, and whether people reached the tourism site or the event page. What counts as working is agreed before we start.

Can we start partway through the financial year? Our contract ends in March.

You can start partway through. When the contract period ends, the rule is that the footage, the edited video, the posting performance data, the operating manual and the account admin access all get handed over together.

Can you take on work where a tourism association, a local authority and accommodation operators all move together?

We do. The starting point is drawing up an organisation chart and documenting who commissions, who delivers and who may use which material. We propose a single point of contact, and the uses and periods for sharing material across parties go into the contract.

Do you have case studies or a track record with local governments and tourism associations?

Yes. The results section on this page introduces our work with local governments and tourism associations. Our track record across other industries is collected in Works.

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