A little bit of history ...

1910 The first Tourist Offices
The first Tourist Offices came alive
with the idea to promote places as a Travel Destination.

In America appeared the Expression
CVB, Convention and Visitors Bureau
or DMO Destination Marketing Organization.

In French Sspeaking countries they were called OT /
Offices de Tourisme or ONT / Office National de Tourisme,
in Spanish speaking countries Oficina de Turismo or Centro de Informacion Turistica,
in German speaking Countries Fremdenverkehrsamt or Tourist Information.

1985 Arrival of the Internet
1985 March 15 was registered the first Internet domain.
Internet arrived very slowly and only very
few people mostly from the US noticed it. The first domains
registered were the names of Technology companies
and ultra short domains like the 676 Two Letters
like HP.com , TI.com, GE.com or VB.com
These domains were registered before Internet came alive
6 domains in 1985, 54 domains in 1986, 48 domains in 1987


1996 / 1997 first Visit sites

1996 Dec 27 was registered the domain Visit Maldives.com
followed a few days later 1997 January 9 by VisitParis.com
and 1997 January 23 by VisitDenmark.com

The Ministry of Tourism of the Maldives
developed the domain under the impulse of Minister Ibrahim Hussain Zaki,
the Kingdom of Denmark did the same under the eyes of the Ministers Jan Trojborg, Pia Gjellerup and Queen Margarete.

Others like the Tourist offices of city of Paris missed the initial registration.
Instead of immediately buying it from the initial registrant the French capital
administrated by Mayor Jean Tiberi decided to follow a different logic,
a month later 1997 February 1
was registered ParisInfo.com


2003 Major Organisations adopt "Visit"


2003 April 3 The Destination Marketing Organization
Brand USA from Washington DC launches the Website VisittheUSA.com

2003 April Visit Britain created by the British Tourist Authority. The office had already registered
the domain VisitBritain.com
in the early years of the internet 1997 April 22




This site will study
the phenomen of Visit Domains
which are getting more and more popular . ...