If you love to write and travel, then working as a tourism blogger might be your dream job. You can travel to different destinations---or check out unique attractions in one locale---and write about your experiences. An ambitious tourism blogger can start up her own blog and hope to gain an online audience and money through advertisements. Alternatively, you can seek out tourism blog positions with local governments or cruise lines.
If you love to travel and have the funds to support your travel habit, consider setting up a blog to track your international jaunts. If you prefer a specific type of travel, like adventure travel, then tailor your blog to these interests. Use your blog to post photos from each destination, write reviews of hotels and restaurants and make suggestions on activities to do at each locale. Allow your followers to post questions about the destinations you've visited, and take time to answer their queries. Turning a freelance travel blogging hobby into a career works if you build a loyal following and get many hits on your site. If you do, you can attract advertisers to your site and some hotels or resorts may offer you a free trip if you mention their destination on your blog.
Cover the tourist attractions in your city or state by working as a local tourism blogger. For example, in January 2009, Queensland, Australia, offered what it dubbed the "best job in the world," hiring a blogger to tour and write about the Great Barrier Reef. Seek out similar positions with local tourism offices---and if you don't see any available jobs, you can write a proposal to a tourism office in a location that suits you.
You could contact the Orlando/Orange Country Convention and Visitors Bureau if you love theme parks and want to serve as the organization's tourism blogger, writing about special events, rides and shows at Disney World and Universal Studios.
If your travel interests are on the high seas, then seek out positions as a cruise line blogger. Here, you can work for a cruise line or as a freelancer to document your travels. If you work for a cruise line, you can travel on its ships to review the accommodations, on-ship entertainment, restaurants and nightlife. Discuss the different ports of call on each ship, and suggest excursions that appeal to all types of cruise travels, from families with small children to newlyweds. As a freelance cruise line blogger, you can focus on different cruise lines and compare the amenities, ports of call and excursions, making suggestions on which cruise lines are best.
