Mobile Applications in Cultural Tourism. Mobile News Applications – Useful or Harmful?
Tihomir Stefanov
pp. 50 - 59
Title: Mobile Applications in Cultural Tourism. Mobile News Applications – Useful or Harmful?
Authors: Tihomir Stefanov

Abstract: The report examines free applications running the Android operating system that provide users with information about historical and cultural landmarks while traveling. Their advantages over the classic programs for GPS navigation are presented. Applications for regional and national sites included in the "100 national tourist sites" are considered. Their main possibilities, positive and negative characteristics are compared and described. The focus is on applications that do not need online internet navigation.
The second part of the report presents news applications running on the Android operating system and providing the user with news from national and regional newspapers and news agencies. The applications are considered through the prism of the need for a "new digital model of the modern newspaper". An analysis of their usefulness from the point of view of news providers and users has been made.

Keywords: Mobile Applications; Android; Mobile Phones; Navigation; Excursions; Travel; News; Newspapers.

Received: 01-12-2014     Accepted: 22-12-2014     Published: 05-09-2015

Citation: Stefanov, T. (2015). Mobile Applications in Cultural Tourism. Mobile News Applications – Useful or Harmful? Cultural and Historical Heritage: Preservation, Presentation, Digitalization (KIN Journal), 1(1), ISSN 2367-8038, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 50-59