The web site and application e-TourGuide contains information about tourist sites and businesses serving tourism in the Blagoevgrad region, Bulgaria and the border regions of the Republic of Greece and the Republic of North Macedonia. The goal is to promote tourist sites and businesses to potential tourists who decide to visit them. The sites presented contain general information on type and location, contacts, entrance fees, parking, accessibility, offered products and services without the possibility of direct sale. For the inclusion of new objects and businesses, the possibility of free publication of information through an administrative module by an administrator is given. An opportunity has been created for voice, photo, video and VR presentation of objects, products and services, and the inclusion of information in the web site and application is free.

All published objects are displayed for users, giving the user the opportunity to browse them and make a selection of one or more. When selecting an object, the user can see all information about it (text, photos, audio and video files, where applicable). Ability to search by certain criteria and filter information by categories and topics.

The mobile application provides the possibility to publish comments and impressions, visible to all other users, as it is necessary to register first. When using the app as a “Guest” without registration, this feature is not available.

The optimization and adaptation of this website to an e-Tour Guide mobile application was carried out within the framework of the project “Strengthening the competitiveness and extroversion of cross-border business through innovative and specialized actions” with acronym INNOBUS, Subsidy Contract No. B6.3a.14/13.04.2021, funded under the Cross-border Cooperation Programme INTERREG V-A Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the national budgets of the participating countries.

The contents of the e-Tour Guide platform are sole responsibility of “In focus” association and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union, the participating countries the Managing Authority and the Joint Secretariat.