Internet resources: Internet encyclopedia of making a tour of Russia welcomes to cooperating the entire population

2 February 2014
Source: TASS Telecom

A special online encyclopedia "Currant", is intended for all those wishing to travel to Russia, intends to fill up the page with user efforts, travelers and residents who know their town. This was reported at the presentation of the organizers of the "Currant", journalists, bloggers and travelers Sergey Dolya and Alexander Zheleznyak.

"Currant" works on the principle of "Wikipedia" - all the work of filling the content of the giant project will be performed by the user. Organizers did some reserve - now the site includes over 200 thousand different objects, but mostly - hotels and restaurants.

Every resident of Russia can include Internet portal smorodina.com that entire he considers worthy of attention in the city, village or a whole region - in the form of text and photos. Everyone who makes travel around Russia can share his experience on the site. According to Dolya and Zheleznyak they expect 100-150 thousand visits a day and 1 million unique visitors per month. In the coming months, the organizers hope to create a mobile app to the site planner and routes. Each user will "grow his currant bush" of attractions, the organizers are thinking about the possibilities of rewarding champions.

The project is implemented with support of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS).