Digital tourist guide to Turopolje presented: the platform contains 24 locations, virtual walks and Turopolje stories

Velika Gorica and Turopolje won digital travel guide called Touropolje.com which will introduce guests to the beauty, history and heritage of the Turopolje region.

A web platform that allows tourists, as well as domestic visitors, to experience a personal tourist guide who has information about localities and current tourism news in the county and Turopolje.

This web platform provides a digital experience of exploring Velika Gorica via a mobile device. Through it, visitors will have access to a tour of various localities with a rich cultural and historical heritage, along with ten intriguing stories that revive the spirit of the Turopolje region.

"I am proud and happy to present an application that will allow visitors to get to know the beauties of Velika Gorica and its surroundings through virtual content, walks, and stories. The application will promote the rich culture and heritage of Velika Gorica and Turopolje. This is truly a great thing for tourism in Velika Gorica, for which I often emphasize that we have a stronger, more powerful and more beautiful history than we have presented so far. I consider this a great step forward and I want to thank everyone who participated and worked hard on this application." said the mayor of the city of Velika Gorica, Krešimir Ačkar.

The web platform contains 24 locations and ten Turopolje stories, including the history of Velika Gorica, crafts in Velika Gorica, the patron saints of Turopolje, Saint George and Saint Lucy, the story of Podgutnica and Poculica, the Turopolje pig, traditional wooden architecture, the city of aviation, the Turopolje flag and the Noble Municipality of Turopolje.

A special feature of the web platform are virtual walks. So far, ten religious buildings have been recorded, and five more will be added by the end of the year.

Touropolje.com is not just a tool for tourism research, it is our vision of transformation in all the ways we can deepen visitors' experience of Zagreb County, she emphasized. Ivana Alilović, director of the Zagreb County Tourist Board and added that the application is not just a step forward, but a cross-section of the past, present and future, a combination of tradition and technology that makes our region irresistible to everyone who visits it.

"The Zagreb County Tourist Board knows that being in step with the times means thinking not only about our visitors today, but also about the needs of our visitors tomorrow. All those younger, future generations who are always looking for something different. The interactive experience of getting to know our region through virtual walks in 10 locations allows us to bring the beauties of Velika Gorica closer to everyone, regardless of their location, in 67 world languages. This innovation not only opens the door to the Turopolje heritage, but also creates bridges between history and modernity. Above all, it is another indicator of how many sustainable ways we can tell our past, but also bring the beauties of our region closer. Sustainable and smart, using modern technologies as a tool in the service of promoting and modernizing the offer. Our task is to constantly think and innovate." Alilović pointed out.

The web platform is the result of many years of work and cooperation, and represents a unique tourist guide through the beauties of Velika Gorica and the Turopolje region, all the way to Vukomeričke Gorice and Vrhovje. 

Since our wooden chapels are mostly closed and prior notice is required for tours, visitors will be able to stand in front of the chapel and start a virtual walk with their mobile phone and thus view the interior of the chapel.

It is interesting that foreign tourists will also be able to read and listen to stories in their own language at the same time using the application. Using artificial intelligence, Touropolje.com translates text into 20 languages ​​with the possibility of expansion to as many as 67 world languages.

"We are glad that our tourist guide has seen the light of day and that we are promoting it today because with such a tool we are in step with the times, digitally, sustainably and green, and this guide keeps pace with these trends. In the coming period, we will intensively promote this tool of ours so that it is available and so that all potential users, foreigners but also our fellow citizens who may have forgotten the stories of our region, hear about it. In keeping with trends, in the guide it is possible, for example, to listen to everything you are interested in in Korean because Croatia Airlines has just introduced a new airline for visitors from South Korea." she said Maja Toth, director of the Tourist Board of the City of Velika Gorica.

QR codes have also been placed at 20 locations, scanning which leads directly to content about the location, and using navigation will take you to other attractions. The web platform also carries current information from the Tourist Board of the City of Velika Gorica, as well as links to gastronomic offers, accommodation capacities and cycling routes.

Visit the web platform and see what this innovative mobile guide has to offer: https://touropolje.com/

Photo: Katarina Drvodelić and Velika Gorica Tourist Board