Working alongside the Love Exploring app, this also allows visitors to engage with fun trails and games with various themes incorporating augmented reality. We have now created three new games and three new trails for Whitby targeting people who are in the Whitby area focussing on "Curious Minds", "Young Adventurers" and "Families". These are all now available in the app. This is alongside the recent launch of the "Adventures with Dinosaurs" game that coincided with the Yorkshire Fossil Festival.
An accessible layer to the existing “Discover Whitby” map on the app has also been developed to provide information on accessible facilities such as toilets, parking and accessible tourism attractions.
This was developed in partnership with a number of stakeholder groups within Whitby, using their local expertise and knowledge to develop the right offer.
The app is promoted by the use of QR coded window stickers, banners around the town and digitally through social media using a collection of new images and videos to showcase the activity.