Industry Solution — Local Guide (Tourism)

Built for someone who knows their patch and wants to be the tourist's first stop. Whether it's Burnham Beeches in autumn, the Thames at Cookham, or a Welsh coastal village — same product, different POIs.

• Map-first interface: Mapbox GL JS clusters POIs by category, mobile-first, fast even on patchy 4G in a forest
• POI directory: attractions, restaurants, cafes, pubs, hotels, B&Bs, viewpoints, walks, parking, toilets — categorised, photo-rich, hour-aware
• OpenStreetMap + Wikidata import seed: 50 POIs pre-loaded for your area on launch, you curate and add commentary
• Walking / cycling / dog-friendly routes with elevation profiles, GPX export, points-of-interest along the way
• GPS-triggered audio tours: visitor walks past a POI, phone announces; AI text-to-speech pipeline (ElevenLabs-quality), recordable in your voice if preferred
• AI itinerary builder: visitor types "4 hours, a dog, café and a viewpoint" — AI generates a route, books any reservations needed
• Booking affiliate: integrations with Booking.com, GetYourGuide, Viator, OpenTable, Airbnb partner — earn commission on every booking through your portal
• Weather-aware recommendations: rainy day → indoor POIs surface; sunny → outdoor
• Real-time "open now" filter: opening hours per POI, flagged closed if outside hours or marked seasonally shut
• QR trail-markers: print + laminate stickers placed on real-world signposts/benches/fences (with landowner consent), scan for info, drives 4-7× engagement vs unsigned POIs
• UGC photo gallery: visitors submit photos with consent, moderation queue, top photos surface on POI page
• Multi-language AI translation: English + Polish + German + French + Chinese + Urdu (tourist-relevant for Heathrow corridor + Slough demographics)
• Seasonal content engine: autumn-beech-leaves campaign auto-promotes Oct, bluebells in May, Christmas markets in December
• Tourism analytics dashboard: visitor heatmap, conversion to bookings, top-search terms, dwell-time per POI, language breakdown
• Branded mobile PWA with offline POI cache (visitor can browse on patchy 4G)
• Mapbox 50,000 free monthly map loads bundled (more on metered passthrough)
• £2,990 one-off setup: domain + brand + 50 POI seed + 50 SEO landing pages + 3 audio tours + 5-day workshop · £279/mo on top of your hosting tier
• Typical maturity revenue (1 mid-size tourist village, 80 POIs, 30k visitors/yr through portal): ~£800–2,500/mo from booking affiliate + £100-400/mo from featured POI listings + sponsored placement = £1.0–2.9k/mo gross. Pays Navigare 9-28% of gross.