L’origine delle audioguide

The first audioguides were born in the middle of the 20th century. Lo Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam, one of the most important museums of modern and contemporary art, has been one of the first to offer its visitors the possibility to expand the information on its panels and thus decide their individual experience using a radio system.

Only almost a decade later, the first museums incorporated this revolutionary tool as an additional service for their visitors. They were the United States Museum of Natural History and the Louvre. Although they seem to have been with us for the rest of our lives, they only arrived at the Museo del Prado in 2002.

Da allora fino ad oggi, la sua evoluzione tecnologica è andata a una velocità vertiginosa e siamo passati dalle cassette tradizionali ai servizi cloud in pochissimo tempo. È importante tenerlo a mente, perché significa una vera e propria rivoluzione nell’esperienza museale.

The present (and future?) of audioguides

The new generation of audioguides responds to the digital transformation of the tourism sector, an unstoppable process for which we have technologies that allow us to adapt to the new tourism model.

Features of the modern audioguides«

È probabile che anche il nome finisca per scomparire, perché al giorno d’oggi le audioguide sono molto più di questo. Installate sul dispositivo mobile di ogni visitatore, si tratta di app molto complete che forniscono informazioni «on demand». Tra le caratteristiche principali troviamo:

  • Sono su una piattaforma cloud
  • Sono installati sul telefono cellulare del visitatore
  • Si attivano automaticamente tramite GPS, QR, beacon, …
  • Personalised multimedia content
  • They avoid the need for physical elements that can generate differences
  • Sono più economici
  • Sono accessibili da qualsiasi luogo
  • Sono facili da aggiornare
  • They act as recruiters of new visitors.
  • They provide a large amount of relevant information to heritage managers and tourist guides in order to optimise their contents and adapt them to the needs of tourists.

A la carte experiences in sightseeing tours

Digital tourist guide
Discover the church of San Gregorio Bético in Granada with Aumentur

Travellers today do not want products or services, we want to live positive experiences that are also unique, personal.

Tourists today can be defined as:

  • Iperconnesso. Use a variety of devices before, during and after your visit. It does not want to use another one, it has its own, from which it does not differ.
  • Sociale. Present on more than one social network, always consult opinions and share moments and experiences. You know that your opinion is powerful.
  • Sustainable. Sono più consapevoli dell’impatto che ha sui loro spostamenti e sulle loro attività. Valorizza positivamente la conservazione del patrimonio naturale e culturale.
  • Indipendent. They organise their own travel and document themselves.

The digital transformation of tourism

Working in the cloud allows us to adapt quickly to changes and opportunities and to be more effective and efficient.

This new generation of audioguide responds to the digital transformation of the sector, which helps us to increase the value of the destination by adapting it to the new requirements of the visitor.

The coronavirus has also changed, and will continue to change, our travel preferences and the way we relate to each other.

Dall’evitare il contatto fisico durante un saluto, qualcosa di così caratteristico dei paesi dell’Europa meridionale, all’evitare luoghi con folla. Nel 2020, ad esempio, l’attrattiva turistica del mondo rurale è aumentata e così anche la necessità di garantire il rispetto di tutte le misure di igiene e sicurezza. Non abbiamo più la sensazione di contatto fisico o di condivisione di oggetti.

The app, come Aumentur, The mobile phone, allow tourists to use their own mobile device and to select the type of content they want to understand the destination.

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