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== world wide travel guide ==
== world wide travel guide ==
A wiki {{tag|travel guide}}! '''Wikitravel.org''' is creating a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable world-wide {{tag|travel}} guide. So far 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).
 
A wiki travel guide! '''Wikitravel.org''' is creating a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable world-wide {{tag|travel}} guide. So far 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 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 main page]


In April 2006, Wikitravel and [[World66]], both open content wiki travel guides, were acquired by Internet Brands, Inc., an American company that operates a number of consumer information websites. [http://www.internetbrands.com/ib/news/press-releases] [http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=27587
In April 2006, Wikitravel and [[World66]], both open content wiki travel guides, were acquired by Internet Brands, Inc., an American company that operates a number of consumer information websites. [http://www.internetbrands.com/ib/news/press-releases] [http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=27587
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== See also ==
== See also ==
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