{"id":4779,"date":"2013-05-29T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horecatrends.com\/banana-ambassador-2\/"},"modified":"2014-07-07T10:25:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T08:25:18","slug":"banana-ambassador-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horecatrends.com\/en\/banana-ambassador-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr id=\"system-readmore\" \/>\nTo attract more tourists to Ecuador, the Ecuador Ministry of Tourism has launched the &#8216;Banana Ambassador&#8217; campaign. Bananas from Ecuador are shipped worldwide and therefore the ideal marketing tool. Each banana has a sticker with a QR-code, when someone scans the code the promotional video of Ecuador is played. After the video the website of the Ecuador Ministry of Tourism is opened. With over 24 millions tons of bananas leaving Ecuador, the campaign has a wide range. A similar promotion could be launched by cities to attract tourists, by providing the local products with a QR-code.&nbsp;And what would happen if we put a QR-code of Holland on every package of our tulips?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To attract more tourists to Ecuador, the Ecuador Ministry of Tourism has launched the &#8216;Banana Ambassador&#8217; campaign. 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