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world66.com is a great platform to share travel experiences
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World66.com is an online travel guide based on the Wikipedia concept. Travellers can log on to this website and add, edit or change information about the places they’ve visited. All the content is user generated and is often accompanied by phot
ographs and ratings.
Frank, and free
The founders of the site, who say their credo is “by travellers, for travellers”, do not moderate the reviews.
Instead, they encourage visitors to regularly update the sections on the site and delete the details of hotels that have closed down or make changes when they come across incorrect contact information.
While there are over 80,000 articles on the site, you might need to spend some time exploring a region to get the details you need.
At first glance, only the reviews of popular tourist haunts seem to appear in the main section. For example, in the ‘sights to see’ link in the section about India, there’s just a short note about the Taj Mahal.
Options galore
But, when you choose the ‘top destinations’ option on the far right, it takes you to a long list of places that are listed alphabetically. However, there’s a chance that a few of these links might lead you to a blank page or to incomplete information. While most of the articles are of varying lengths, they’re usually detailed accounts that sometimes include the history of the region being discussed.
Like most online resources that are user driven, world66.com will take time to evolve into a truly exhaustive virtual travel guide. This probably isn’t a site where you can get a quick overview of a destination. Rather, it’s worth visiting if you’d like to do some extensive research on specific places.
SHRIYA NARAYANAN
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