Chiba Tourism Website Updated for Smartphones, Malay Language
CHIBA, Japan, Oct. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Chiba Prefecture's website for foreign tourists will be renovated to be fun to visit and easy to navigate. Chiba website will also become compatible with smartphones, launch a Facebook page and provide content-rich map information.
Chiba website is adding Malay to its extensive foreign language support, including English, Chinese (simplified and complex), Korean and Thai.
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1. Website
"CHIBA, JAPAN TRAVEL GUIDE -- Where the Fun Begins!"
(URL: http://japan-chiba-guide.com/)
Facebook page "Japan Tourism- Chiba"
(URL: https://www.facebook.com/Japan.Tourism.Chiba)
2. Launch date
September 17, 2014
3. Main features
- Launching a new website tailored for navigation on a smartphone, making it easier for foreign tourists to search for travel information, including finding ways to visit sightseeing spots from wherever they are.
- Opening a Facebook page to provide a wide range of information about Chiba's attractions as quickly as it becomes available.
- Attaching elaborate digital map to travel information, showing not only the searched spot but also many other sightseeing locations around it.
- Adding the Malay language to the website, strengthening its support for travelers from Southeast Asia.
- Showing the Chiba website's Malay and English editions some of the spots in Chiba Prefecture catering to the special needs of Muslim people.
* From September 17, visitors to the old website will be automatically forwarded to the updated
website.
The old website
"Welcome to Chiba" (http://www.chiba-tour.jp/)
SOURCE Press and Public Relations Division, Chiba Prefectural Government
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