For sure you have heard something about them, but as a new discovery I think it is good to talk a bit about what it is about and that it can bring benefits to having the support of interactive travel guides for your trip. Also, I’ll see where the attractions have some interactive guide may be more suitable.

As a starting point, let’s see what we are talking about. I define interactive travel guides for electronic devices that are aware of its position thanks to the GPS system for the wide open spaces or the internal sensor system to a closed area or less. The system detects this and where tourists began playing recordings of different cultural aspects of teaching from where the traveler is placed. Rather than have to carry lots of books and papers to your destination to make your trip a cultural experience or need to get a guide that explains to the crowd, you can get this cultural immersions in your own path, whether you are in a museum or traveling with campervan through the whole country.

The benefits of the system? It really depends on where you are going to use it. As a first example, I will put the wax museum in Salzburg, Austria. They have a device you connect to your ear that detect areas you cross in the museum and began with an explanation of what it is. It allows people to enter into the experience at their own pace, repeat the explanation if they do not understand, and it is an advantage for those museums because they do not have to pay for the tour guide.

On the other hand, if your goal is to go on a trip in a country for example, I will put examples of devices made in New Zealand to explore the country. In fact, this is the first device in its class and many tourism organizations around the world to buy an idea to improve the immersion experience for visitors. Using a GPS system that connects to your vehicle radio and began to play the recording every time your vehicle enters an area of ​​special interest. It includes recommendations on hot spots, cultural background, history of the legend of the place, and myth, or even recommend a restaurant or a special place of the beaten path where you can spend some good time.

The advantages are many. You no longer need the help of the book to understand more in every area you cross, you get some good advice about the places you visit and recommendations on what to do and you do not need necessarily any guide traveling with you in the campervan! The people running this project has always been open to adding new places with new recordings and even asked New Zealand to contribute with their personal experience in this country.