Enrichment of the tourist product of the Municipality of Ierapetra
Presentation and highlighting of the contents of the Library, the villages and monuments of the Municipality of Ierapetra
About the project
The project aims to provide visitors to the Municipality of Ierapetra with a different and more complete experience of getting to know the history and culture of the region through innovative interactive virtual reality tools.
From the implementation of the project, new innovative digital services emerged and digital content was developed which is accessible from personal computers, tablets and smart phones, thus contributing to the satisfaction of the objectives set by the project:
• addressing the need to increase the Municipality's visitation and the attraction of new generation tourists,
• provision of new innovative e-services through the coupling of cultural goods and experiential tourism,
• utilization of the cultural resources and the promotion of the tourism product of the Islands through the use of innovative digital technologies and applications in accordance with the objectives of the P.E.P. of the South Aegean 2014-2020 and the National Digital Strategy 2021.
As part of the project, the following applications were made:
• A virtual tour application to selected points of interest of the Municipality, using virtual reality (VR) equipment • Implementation of a Digital tour in the villages of the Municipality
• Interactive map application of the Library of Ierapetra
• Library visitors’ information application
• Virtual painting application for children
• Knowledge games for children based on the cultural heritage of the Municipality
• Knowledge game for children based on the content of the Ierapetra library
• Memory game for children based on the cultural heritage of the Municipality
• Memory game for children based on the contents of the Ierapetra library
Project Owner: Municipality of Ierapetra
Contractors of the Project: TALENT INFORMATION S.A. / A.M.S. File Organization Systems Ltd.