Tourism web design
Tourism websites built for bookings.
Fast, secure, modern sites for tour operators and accommodation.
[Photo placeholder: wide Hakuba winter view, your own photo]
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Fast
Plain code, no heavy theme. My old home page was 2,160 KB. [confirm once live]
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0
Logins to attack
No WordPress, no plugins, no database. HTTPS on every page.
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1 msg
To update
Send the change as a message. I check it, you approve the preview.
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Every
Version saved
Any change can be undone. Daily backups included.
Fast
Fast on any phone.
Plain HTML pages with very little code, and images sized for each screen. Here is my own home page, old and new, drawn to scale:
Page weight on a phone, measured with Lighthouse on 28 Oct 2026. The new page was measured on a local test server. [confirm once live]
Secure
Less to break into.
A WordPress site has a login page, plugins, a database and a theme, and each one needs updates to stay safe. My sites are plain files, served over HTTPS.
What a WordPress site needs
- Login page
- Plugins
- Database
- Theme
HTTPS + your content
What's left: your pages, served over HTTPS. Nothing to log in to, no plugins to patch.
How updates work
Change your site the way you'd text a friend.
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Tell me the change. Type it as a message (voice notes [to test]). For example: "Add our new winter tour to the tours page."
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Check the preview. A link to your site with the change made. Look at it on your phone.
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Approve it. It goes live. The old version is kept, just in case.
Hakuba Digital
Add our new winter tour to the tours page please. Night snowshoe tour.
Done. Here's the preview:
Looks good, approve
It's live.
Services
Everything a tourism business needs online, from one person who knows the industry.
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Tourism Web Design
Built to convert
Day tours, multi-day instruction or accommodation: your site guides visitors to book. Fast, secure and in English, Japanese or both.
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Tourism SEO
Get found in Google
Good content, clean structure and a fast site. It's only worth it if your business is already working. Then SEO helps you hold the top spot.
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Online Marketing
More bookings
Meta ad campaigns and landing pages built to turn clicks into bookings.
Monthly hosting, updates and AI edits
A secure site, daily backups and email support. Send changes whenever your business changes.
Logos and branding too, made with a partner designer.
Japan business?
With more than 10 years living in Hakuba, I build English-language sites for businesses across Japan. 日本語でも大丈夫. I build multi-language sites all the time.
NZ business?
I'm a New Zealander with clients across NZ and Australia. I help tourism businesses build fast, responsive sites and take more bookings online.
Selected projects
Clients in Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
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Hakuba Ski Concierge
Boutique ski school · Hakuba
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Hakuba Digital
This website, rebuilt from WordPress · See before and after
Before and after
My own website is the first example: the old WordPress site, next to the new one.
Drag the slider to compare.
What clients say
Whatever it is Jade does, it works. I haven't been this busy - ever. My site is on Page 1 for all the keywords we focused on. And my guests say the site is super easy to navigate and book with. I've had nothing but positive feedback - people reaching out take the time to say, "your site is so easy to use, thanks for making it simple to book". It's great for me and my guests.
Highly professional, excellent service. I have personally known Jade for approaching 8 years and wouldn't hesitate to recommend his services for a second. Truly skilled at what he does, he goes above and beyond to deliver the website that you have envisioned for your business. I was over the moon with the re-design for my ski school, and will be for a long time to come.
Jade was very professional throughout the process of creating our new website. Planning, design, and adding in our applications went very well and he seems to be a master of SEO and working out how to be well ranked in searches. With Jade you get more than a website ninja, he's like hiring a consultant on your overall internet presence. Highly recommended!
[Photo placeholder: Jade in Hakuba]
About
Hi, I'm Jade Barham.
I'm from New Zealand and have lived in Hakuba for more than 10 years.
I've been building websites since 2012, many of them for tourism businesses in Japan and New Zealand.
Now I work AI-first. You ask for changes in plain words, and I check every one before it goes live.
Get a quote
Let's talk about your site.
A few quick questions. No prices or instant estimates: I'll look at what you need and reply by email.
Prefer email? hakubadigital@gmail.com