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'''Wikitravel''' — a [[wiki]] {{tag|travel guide}}, owned by {{tag|Internet Brands|Internet Brands, Inc.}}, is | '''Wikitravel''' — a [[wiki]] {{tag|travel guide}}, currently owned by {{tag|Internet Brands|Internet Brands, Inc.}}, is an ad-supported free, {{tag|Earth|world}}-wide {{tag|travel}} guide. They have several thousand destination guides, and other articles written and edited by [http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Wikitravellers Wikitravellers] from around the globe (some of whom just sit at home describing what's good about their surroundings). | ||
One of the more interesting [http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Goals_and_non-goals project goals] is to create destination guides which are useful as print-outs, i.e. not always linking to sub-pages, but distilling the most useful information about each travel destination. For a good example see the "destination of the month" on the [http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page English Wikitravel main page] | One of the more interesting [http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Goals_and_non-goals project goals] is to create destination guides which are useful as print-outs, i.e. not always linking to sub-pages, but distilling the most useful information about each travel destination. For a good example see the "destination of the month" on the [http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page English Wikitravel main page] | ||
In April 2006, Wikitravel and [[World66]], both open content wiki travel guides, were acquired by Internet Brands, Inc., an [[:Category:United States|American]] company that operates a number of consumer information websites. [http://investors.internetbrands.com/releases.cfm?Year=2006] {{deadEL}} [http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=27587 ''broken link as of 2010-07-09?''] {{deadEL}} | In April 2006, Wikitravel and [[World66]], both open content wiki travel guides, were acquired by Internet Brands, Inc., an [[:Category:United States|American]] commercial 'for profit' company that operates a number of consumer information websites. [http://investors.internetbrands.com/releases.cfm?Year=2006] {{deadEL}} [http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=27587 ''broken link as of 2010-07-09?''] {{deadEL}} | ||
*[http://www.wikistatistics.net/internet-brands Wikitravel Interactive Statistics], from Wikistatistics | *[http://www.wikistatistics.net/internet-brands Wikitravel Interactive Statistics], from Wikistatistics | ||
;See also | ;See also | ||
*[[Wikivoyage]] – a fork done by some German Wikitravellers, which aims to be a non-commercial alternative with transparent and democratic internal structures | *[[Wikivoyage]] – a fork done by some German Wikitravellers, which aims to be a non-commercial alternative with transparent and democratic internal structures, along with their plans to [http://www.wikivoyage.org/general/Migration_FAQ migrate] to the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] | ||
*[[OpenSeaMap]] | *[[OpenSeaMap]] | ||