Can you suggest the effective way of SEO for the travel guide websites... The site get more traffic , if we execute the same SEO methods (directory submission, link exchange, article submission, tag generation, sitemap creation etc) or else any special care is required to increase the traffic for such websites.. I've handled a travel site before, not an actual travelling guide website but a blog. We can get more traffic from organic search that's why we must put more effort into our quality link building techniques, to get our targeted keywords rank high in SERP. To support your keywords, if they're not ranking well, you can focus more on social bookmarking, stumbleupon actually helped me. I think before doing seo you should make sure you have unique and interesting contents. I agree with Jenny. Have content that engages people and you'll be on the right road... You may be able to pull some traffic + links from other travel sites. Leave constructive blog/forum comments with your site in your sig.
Other then that, building your links so that you start to show up in organic search results is going to be your most important step going forward.
Other then that, building your links so that you start to show up in organic search results is going to be your most important step going forward.