Tourism Vancouver launched a free mobile app that offers interactive tourist and event information.
The application, named “CitySmart,” is reportedly the world’s first completely interactive tourist and sporting event mobile application, providing updates on events, plus an advanced GPS system that provides street navigation and breaking traffic news. With text messaging capabilities built in, the application also allows Tourism Vancouver to interact with visitors.
CitySmart is compatible with smart phones running on Windows and Android (Google) platforms (with a Blackberry version due soon and an iPhone version in development). It can also be downloaded onto PCs.
The CitySmart application can be downloaded free of charge from the Tourism Vancouver website, www.tourismvancouver.com/download.
