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

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

A web platform that allows tourists, as well as local visitors, to experience a personal tourist guide who has information about localities, current events from tourism 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 that we are presenting an application that will allow visitors to get to know the beauty of Velika Gorica and its surroundings through virtual content, walks, stories. The application will promote the rich culture and heritage of Velika Gorica and Turopolje, it is truly a great thing for tourism in Velika Gorica for which I often emphasize that we have a stronger, stronger and more beautiful history than we have presented so far, and 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 great city of Gorica, Krešimir Ačkar.

The web platform contains 24 locations and ten stories of Turopolje, among which are the history of Velika Gorica, crafts in Velika Gorica, the patrons of Turopolje St. George and St. Lucia, the story of podgutnica and poculia, the Turopolje pig, traditional wooden architecture, the city of aviation, the Turopolje flag and Plemenita municipality of Turopolj.

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 which we can deepen the experience of Zagreb county for visitors in all ways, she emphasized. Ivana Alilović, director of TZ Zagrebačka County and added that the application is not only a step forward, but an intersection of 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. An interactive experience of getting to know our region through virtual walks in 10 localities enable us to bring the beauty of Velika Gorica closer to everyone, regardless of their location, and in 67 world languages. This innovation not only opens the door to Turopolje's heritage, but also creates bridges between history and modernity. Above all, it is another indicator of how sustainable way we can talk about our past, but also bring closer the beauty of our region. 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." pointed out Alilović.

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 Vukomerički gorice and Vrhovje. 

Since our wooden chapels are mostly closed and prior notice is required for a tour, visitors will be able to stand in front of the chapel and start a virtual walk with their mobile phone to see 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 a tool like this we are in step with the times, digital, sustainable and green, and this guide is in step with these trends. We will intensively promote this our tool so that it would be available and so that all potential users, foreigners and also our fellow citizens who may have forgotten the stories of our region, would hear about it. In step with the trends in the guide, it is possible, for example, to listen to everything you are interested in in Korean, because Croatia Airlines 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 been placed at 20 locations, the scanning of which leads directly to content about the locality, and the use of navigation will take you to other sights. Also, the web platform transmits current information from the Tourist Board of the city of Velika Gorica, as well as links to gastronomic offers, accommodation facilities and cycling routes.

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

Photo: Katarina Drvodelić i Tourist Association of Velika Gorica