Evidence Agency · New Product

Evidence
Insights

Destination experience intelligence for DMOs and place managers combining online reputation monitoring, visitor sentiment analysis and experience friction mapping into a single, curated intelligence service.

Complements STEAM & T-STATS
Analyst-curated not raw data
Built specifically for destinations
Pilot available at no cost
The proposition

What visitors say when nobody is officially listening

Your visitor survey tells you what people thought when you asked them. Evidence Insights tells you what they are saying every day, in their own words, on the platforms where they share experiences honestly.

Review platforms, social channels, forums and booking sites generate a continuous stream of unprompted visitor feedback. Most destinations collect none of it systematically. Evidence Insights does and our analysts turn it into structured intelligence your team can actually act on.

This is not a dashboard of unprocessed data. It is a curated service. We do the reading, the pattern-finding and the plain-English interpretation so you don't have to.

How it sits alongside your existing tools
Existing tools Evidence Insights adds
STEAM — visitor numbers & spend
Why spend is high or low — value perception signals
T-STATS — economic impact modelling
Experiential context behind the economic numbers
Annual visitor survey — prompted responses
Year-round unprompted sentiment from real reviews
Occupancy & footfall data
Quality signals — are visitors satisfied when they come?
Internal stakeholder knowledge
Independent external perception unfiltered by proximity
What's included

Five layers of destination intelligence

Each layer adds a distinct type of insight. Together they give you a rounded picture of how your destination is perceived and experienced and where the gaps are.

1

Online Reputation Monitoring

Structured tracking of review platform signals across Google, TripAdvisor and booking channels. Volume trends, rating movements and emerging topics tracked over time so you can see change.

Google · TripAdvisor · Booking
2

Visitor Sentiment Analysis

Thematic coding of free-text reviews and social signals by trained analysts. What visitors consistently praise, what frustrates them and what they compare your destination to. The texture behind the star ratings.

Thematic analysis · Analyst-led
3

Experience Friction Mapping

Identification of recurring pain points in the visitor journey e.g. parking, wayfinding, accessibility, value perception, food offer reported organically in unprompted reviews. Where the experience breaks down, in visitors' own words.

Journey mapping · Friction flags
4

Survey Intelligence Integration

Where face-to-face survey data already exists, we blend it with the digital signals for a richer, multi-source picture. Your existing research investment extended and enriched rather than replaced.

Multi-source · Survey + digital
5

Seasonal & Trend Intelligence

How sentiment shifts across seasons, how your reputation changes over time and how emerging trends in visitor expectations are playing out in your destination specifically not just sector-wide.

Trend tracking · Seasonal shifts
6

Plain-English Intelligence Reports

Everything synthesised into a structured report your team can act on. No raw data dumps. No dashboards requiring interpretation. Just clear findings, flagged priorities and what they mean for your destination strategy.

Curated · Actionable · Accessible
Sample output

What an Evidence Insights report looks like

The sample below illustrates the type of intelligence an Evidence Insights report delivers for an example coastal destination. Numbers and themes are indicative your report will be built from your destination's actual review data.

Reports are structured around what matters most: what visitors are responding well to, where friction is emerging and how your reputation score is moving over time. We flag priorities for you.

Report contents
Reputation Health Score with quarterly trend
Sentiment breakdown by experience theme
Prioritised experience friction flags
Review volume and platform distribution
Verbatim visitor voice — representative examples
Analyst commentary and recommended actions
Evidence Insights · Coastal Destination Intelligence View
Reputation Score
7.8
▲ +0.4 vs Q4
Reviews Analysed
312
▲ +18% YoY
Friction Flags
4
▲ 1 new flag
Visitor Sentiment by Theme
Scenery
88%
Hospitality
76%
Value
61%
Parking
42%
Wayfinding
38%
Priority Experience Friction Flags
Visitor parking capacity raised in 34% of critical reviews
Café & food offer noted as insufficient during peak summer
Coastal path accessibility mentioned by 12% of reviewers
Recent signage improvements showing positive response uplift
Analyst Note · Q1 2025

"The uplift in Reputation Health Score reflects improved hospitality mentions post-summer 2024. Parking remains the single most actionable friction point addressing peak-period capacity would likely produce the highest return on the score."

Who it's for

Built for the organisations
shaping places

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Destination Management Organisations

DMOs and Local Visitor Economy Partnerships managing the reputation and experience of a destination or region.

Supplement your STEAM data with perception intelligence
Identify experience gaps before they become reputation problems
Evidence base for stakeholder and funder reporting
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Local Authorities & BIDs

Councils, regeneration teams and business improvement districts with a remit for visitor experience and place quality.

Independent external perception alongside internal data
Friction mapping to inform infrastructure and service investment
Seasonal and trend intelligence for strategic planning
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Coastal & Rural Destinations

Places where the visitor experience is shaped by natural environment, limited infrastructure and seasonal pressure.

Understand how your unique character is perceived externally
Track seasonal sentiment shifts and plan accordingly
Identify where investment will make the biggest reputational difference
Getting started

The pilot programme

Evidence Insights is currently in a structured pilot phase. We are working with a small number of destinations to produce the first reports at no cost, gather feedback on the format and content and refine the product before making it available as a subscription service.

If you are a DMO or destination manager in The UK or beyond and you are interested in being part of that pilot, we would like to talk to you. The commitment is your time for a feedback conversation and the free report is our investment.

1

Initial Conversation

A brief call to understand your destination, your current data landscape and what intelligence would be most useful to you.

2

Pilot Report Production

We produce a full Evidence Insights report for your destination at no cost typically covering the most recent three months of review data across major platforms.

3

Feedback Session

We present the report and gather structured feedback on format, content and usefulness. This shapes the subscription product that follows.

4

Subscription Option

Pilot destinations will be offered the first opportunity to continue with a subscription quarterly or annual reports at early-adopter terms.

Get involved

Ready to see what your visitors are really saying?

Request a pilot briefing and we will be in touch within a few days to discuss whether Evidence Insights is a fit for your destination.