Navigating through the twin cities to visit the various historical monuments could be quite a task for tourists unfamiliar with the local language and routes. To make life easier for such visitors, the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation has tied up with Mojostreet, which provides location-based services.
Under an agreement, Mojostreet Infomedia Services Private Limited, a Hyderabad-based company, will come up with a mobile application by August 15 and what more, it is free and can be downloaded into any of the smartphones.
“Mojostreet is a GPS-based mobile city guide, which provides details about tourist destinations, restaurants, ATMs, directions on Google Maps and contact numbers etc. Apart from this, users are entitled to freebies and discounts across 250 plus destinations in the State,” B Manohar, deputy general manager, APTDC, told City Express. The corporation will also use the application to get feedback from tourists and encourage them to share and recommend tourist destinations to friends through Facebook and Twitter apart from Mojostreet. “Tourists who visit and recommend 5 destinations will be rewarded with an all paid package by the corporation. Tourists who visit 10 or more destinations would be rewarded with 2 all paid tour packages,” Manohar explained.
Some of the destinations selected as part of these packages are Araku, Anantagiri, Rishikonda Beach, Jungle Bells, Horsley Hills, Dindi, Kurnool Bellam Caves, Srikalahasti, Taramati Baradari, Anantagiri (Vikarabad) etc. Mojostreet Infomedia has been working on this project for over a year and a half. “We are mainly into developing mobile apps. But considering the tourism opportunities in the State, we have been working since the inception of the company on this project. We are working out on feedback and requirements of tourists based on the information with the APTDC and the application will be ready for download by August 15,” said Kalyan Manyam, CEO, Mojostreet Infomedia Services Pvt Ltd.
“It is very important to work with other States too. We would like to extend our services first to Gujarat, Chhattisgarh etc.,” he added. According to him, the new application will make it easier for tourists to find information about nearby tourists spots, hotels, restaurants, banks, travel agencies and much more right on their mobile phones.
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