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Tourist Informator, Busteni

Recently, one of my colleagues told me about the tourist info kiosk in Buşteni. Finally, I figured out, that the one in Braşov is part of the same network like the one in Buşteni. You can see a few pictures of the tourist info kiosk on Zodia penei’s Blog.

The tourist info kiosk called tourist informator provides city maps and info about places where to eat, where to stay over night, where to go (tourist attractions) or info about different kind of events. The hotel reservations could be made free of charge using the phone hanged near to the touch-screen, in 3 minutes time limit. Also, the tourists could take pictures of them self and send them to their friends via e-mail.

Soon, we will see one or more tourist info kiosks in Bucharest.

To find more about the tourist informator visit this website: www.tourist-informator.info

Photo: Mihaela Pană

Even though in the beginning I thought it was part of the M.L.M. Network’s project (a closed circuit television designed for the public transportation), a project based on Liviu Iane’s idea, it didn’t took me so long to figure out that the buses are the new Mercedes Citaro (equipped with GPS) acquired by RATB and recently available on the public transportation routes like 131, 331, 205 and 182.

The buses are equipped with ecological engines, passenger counter system, surveillance video cameras and a GPS system that displays data on a LCD monitor. The GPS system shows the main bus route and the adjacent streets (with their names). Also, the system displays the distance between the bus stations.

I think it would be great for tourists to see on the GPS monitor the main tourist objectives and attractions (like parks, museums, memorial houses and other attractions – in the same way that the closed circuit television was designed) while the bus pass by them.

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