Virtual tourist
VirtualTourist ( VT ) was an American Internet - project , query in which you free tourist information of almost any location in the world and as a registered user information (text, photographs, forum posts) could be deposited. The main purpose of the offer was to find out about foreign countries, regions and places, with the focus being on individual tourism.
The project ran from 1998 to February 27, 2017 and last comprised 1.6 million articles and 3 million photographs. VT had over a million members from over 220 countries and territories.
It was financed entirely through advertising .
offer
You could u. a. use the following content offers:
- Local time
- accommodation
- Flight connections
- Resident Members
- Tips from members (with the option to comment)
-
Maps
- Hotel meetings
- activities
- Restaurant meetings
- Local conditions
- nightlife
- Tips off the beaten path
- Tourist traps
- Warnings and Dangers
- traffic
- Special features for the packing list
- Shopping
- Sports
- General tips
- Member photo albums
- City maps
- Forum
- Various member information (e.g. birthdays), countries visited (graphical and textual)
- Meetings of members abroad
- and much more.
Awards
- Travel + Leisure: 35 Best Travel Sites
- Yahoo! : Most Popular Destination Guide
- Newsweek : Featured Travel Site
- Time : Recommended Travel Forum (2003)
- Best of the internet 'Travel site' (2003)
- Yahoo : Most Popular Guide site (2002)
- AOL : Editor's Pick (2002)
- USA Today : Hot Site (2001)
- US News & World Report : Best of the Web − Travel Site (2001)
Web links
- VirtualTourist (Engl.)