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YTP.GE
Map and directory of Georgia’s tourism businesses
Project started
About the project
YTP.GE is a Yellow Pages directory for tourism in Georgia: more than 800 mapped places, pages with photos and services, owner-managed information and a loyalty card offering discounts at selected venues.
Idea and purpose
I conceived YTP.GE as the Yellow Pages of Georgia’s tourism sector: a single map where travellers can find places and explore what they offer. The project began in 2019. The directory currently contains more than 800 places; it continues to develop and needs further listings.
For travellers
Tourism places appear on a map of Georgia, organised into categories and subcategories. Each has coordinates, an address and photographs. The map helps travellers discover places and review their information in one location.
For owners
Control of an existing listing can be assigned to its owner. Owners can add their places, photos, descriptions, opening hours, price lists, core and additional services and their prices. The listing becomes a business profile within the tourism directory. Owner management is already implemented in the current version.
Loyalty card
The loyalty programme is implemented and still operates: selected venues accept the card and give cardholders discounts. The card is not currently being actively distributed.
How the product was built
I independently conceived, designed, programmed, styled and populated YTP.GE. No other contributors participated in its creation. The current version was hand-coded in PHP and JavaScript, using MySQL and the Mapbox mapping platform.
Current status and development
The website is live and available to users, while still under development ahead of its official launch. All features are currently free. The directory is intended to remain free for travellers. After the official launch, owners are expected to receive their first year free, followed by a subscription; pricing has not yet been defined. The next technical stage is a rebuild using Framework7 and Cordova. These are planned technologies, not the stack of the published version.
I conceived YTP.GE as the Yellow Pages of Georgia’s tourism sector: a single map where travellers can find places and explore what they offer. The project began in 2019. The directory currently contains more than 800 places; it continues to develop and needs further listings.
For travellers
Tourism places appear on a map of Georgia, organised into categories and subcategories. Each has coordinates, an address and photographs. The map helps travellers discover places and review their information in one location.
For owners
Control of an existing listing can be assigned to its owner. Owners can add their places, photos, descriptions, opening hours, price lists, core and additional services and their prices. The listing becomes a business profile within the tourism directory. Owner management is already implemented in the current version.
Loyalty card
The loyalty programme is implemented and still operates: selected venues accept the card and give cardholders discounts. The card is not currently being actively distributed.
How the product was built
I independently conceived, designed, programmed, styled and populated YTP.GE. No other contributors participated in its creation. The current version was hand-coded in PHP and JavaScript, using MySQL and the Mapbox mapping platform.
Current status and development
The website is live and available to users, while still under development ahead of its official launch. All features are currently free. The directory is intended to remain free for travellers. After the official launch, owners are expected to receive their first year free, followed by a subscription; pricing has not yet been defined. The next technical stage is a rebuild using Framework7 and Cordova. These are planned technologies, not the stack of the published version.
Technology stack
- MySQL
- JavaScript
- PHP
- Mapbox
Web application
Open YTP.GE
Map of tourism places in Georgia and business profiles. All features are currently free.
Open ↗Credits
Yuriy Tomaev ↗
Idea, design, programming, visual presentation and directory content. Built independently.