Tourism app extends to Androids

 

Following the successful launch of the first ever pan-Wales app of its type, together with a mobile website - www.m.showmewales.co.uk - during Wales Tourism Week in March (pictured), there have been in excess of 4,000 free downloads from the Apple iphone store.

 

The Show Me Wales app and mobile website have been developed, with specialist technical support, by Mid Wales Tourism (MWT) in partnership with North Wales Tourism.

 

The app has sections on Mid Wales Naturally Different, sponsored by Tourism Partnership Mid Wales, South West Wales Beaches (South West Wales Tourism Partnership), North Wales Great Days Out (North Wales Tourism), Castles and Historic Sites (Cadw), Cultural South East Wales (South East Wales Tourism Partnership) and Ceredigion Walking and Cycling (Ceredigion Council).

 

Sections on Places to Stay and Places to Eat and Drink are being sponsored by MWT and there’s also a section on Things to do on a Rainy Day. Information about attractions, activities, events and places to eat and drink is available to users, who will also be able to book accommodation directly from their smart phone.

 

Promoting all the main visitor attractions and activities in Wales, ‘Show Me Wales’ utilises the iPhone’s in-built GPS signal, enabling visitors and local people to source information in their immediate vicinity as they travel around the country.

 

The mobile website has been launched to complement the app and includes information about events and festivals across Wales.

  

The app is also advertised in 8,000 copies of MWT’s latest ‘Bedrooom Browser’ booklet, which has been distributed to members with accommodation across Mid Wales.