Wikitravel
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Wikitravel is a Web-based project “to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable worldwide travel guide.” Wikitravel is built through collaboration of Wikitravellers from around the globe. Articles can cover any level of geographic specificity, from continents to districts of a city. These are logically connected in a hierarchy, by specifying that the location covered in one article “is in” the larger location described by another. The project also includes articles on travel-related topics, phrasebooks for travelers, and suggested itineraries.
A short list of facts & figures about Wikitravel.org compiled by The Webby Awards
- Year Wikitravel was founded: 2003
- Year Wikitravel was acquired by Internet Brands, Inc.: 2006
- Total pages in the database, including talk pages, pages about Wikitravel, redirects, etc.: 53,571
- Total number of content pages, i.e. destination guides and other articles written and edited by Wikitravellers: 18,000+
- Number of registered users, or Wikitravellers: 25,100
- Editorial contributions per week: 10,000
- Number of languages Wikitravel articles are written in: 18
- Number of books published by Wikitravel Press as of April 2008: 3
- Cost of Wikitravel Press’ most recently printed guidebook, Paris: $14.99
