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Every cent guided by the app is money that stays local.
Tourism brings money into your destination. But most of it leaves just as quickly — absorbed by global chains, foreign-owned platforms, and centralised supply chains. TouristrApp changes where visitors spend, and that changes everything for your local community.
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Where visitor money goes
50–80%
of total tourist spend leaks out of local economies on average — in some island destinations it reaches 80%
Source: Travel Foundation / UN Environment Programme
68% vs 43%
local economic return per unit of visitor spend — independent local business vs national chain. The same visitor, spending the same amount, in a different type of business
Source: Civic Economics; New Economics Foundation, UK
3x
more economic activity generated when visitors spend at independent businesses vs national chains — the local multiplier effect
Source: New Economics Foundation, UK
How we keep money local
Redirecting visitors toward walkable alternatives
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TouristrApp's AI actively routes visitors toward independently-owned restaurants, experiences, and retailers — not the nearest chain or the most advertised option.
Relieving pressure on overcrowded hotspots
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Every unit of spend at a local business recirculates through the community 2–4× more than the same spend at a chain — TouristrApp amplifies that effect at destination scale.
Keeping spend in local supply chains
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Monthly reporting shows exactly how visitor spend is being redistributed across your destination — board-ready evidence of your economic development impact.
Eliminating wasted trips
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Local businesses pay to be listed. 80% of that revenue flows directly back to your destination. The platform increasingly pays for itself as your listing ecosystem grows.
We model economic impact using published national tourism survey data from your country — not global averages.
Every figure below reflects what your destination's visitors actually spend.
NEW ZEALAND
A destination receiving 500,000 annual visitors could generate an estimated NZD 12.2M in additional local economic activity per year through a 25% shift of discretionary visitor spend toward local businesses
Based on NZD 95/day discretionary visitor spend. Source: NZ International Visitor Survey 2024, Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment.
Conservative estimates based on Civic Economics and New Economics Foundation local multiplier research. A 25% shift from chain to local business spending applied — half the demonstrated potential. 25% additional local economic return per unit of spend used as the differential between independent and chain business local impact. Full methodology available on request.
Your visitors already want this
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TouristrApp gives visitors the tools to act on their intentions in real time, in your destination.
Find out what redistributed visitor spend could mean for your specific destination.
or apply for a Destination Partner spot