Madhya Pradesh is an incredible tourist destination – centrally located and with a wide variety of destinations that satisfy every type of traveller. Mountains, rivers, forests and national parks including some of the best Tiger reserves, religious and heritage sites that a traveller can explore.
The M.P RunCation App encourages exploration of these fantastic destinations by helping travellers through their journey. These immersive experiences help the travellers to virtually explore destinations which inspires them to travel and finally make on-ground exploration more exciting, The interactive App helps users discover exciting destinations and interesting facts about the places, book accommodation before travel and explore the place in a more personalized manner. RunCation Mobile App is available on both Android and iOS platforms
A unique aspect of the App is that you can combine your vacation with your love for running. The RunCation App promotes a healthy, responsible and innovative way to sightsee. The runs are designed to make the vacation a holistic experience by making tourists explore the scenic beauty and cultural variety of the state’s rich heritage, unhindered by modern contraptions. The App lets you add your personal running scores to your profile.
While previewing the destinations, tourists can resort to 360-degree views of the spot and play interactive quizzes and games that will pique their interest in the location. The app currently provides live access to seven popular spots – Bhopal, Khajuraho, Gwalior, Mandu, Orchha, Pachmarhi and Pench. It also allows tourists to indulge in one of the favourite group activities – treasure hunts – and these are GPS enabled to ensure that the visitors have a memorable and hassle-free experience.
Home Screen
User can discover different destinations on the Home page.
User can explore each destination and get details like –
- Monuments in the region
- Travel routes and options
- Hotels and accommodation
- Places to visit in the region
- Local cuisine
- Specialties of the region
Virtual Experience
This app enables travellers to discover Madhya Pradesh through virtual experiences, games, quizzes and run-vacations – including 360-degree videos and photos, online quizzes and GPS Treasure Hunts. The app helps tourists discover offbeat and under-the-radar spots, along with the popular ones. It also brings users travel tips, itineraries and more.
The app can also be used as a virtual tour guide as users can transport themselves to the destinations through their phone itself. Locations such as forts, palaces, temples, rivers, jungles and mountains – everything is accessible through the app and can create an elaborate and exciting virtual experience. What is more, the app adds new destinations every month.
Profile
The user’s profile on the app is easy to navigate and comprehensive. It provides information about the runs completed by the user and allows users to invite friends and make the experience more wholesome. Users can mark their favourite destinations on the home-screen and go back to their preferred spots for virtual experiences or for further booking or exploration.
What’s in the RunCation app?
VIRTUAL RUNS
The RunCation app allows users to transport to their favourite locales, be it a historic town, or inside a Tiger reserve.
QUIZZES & GPS TREASURE HUNTS
An innovative way to learn about the history, the stories from tourist destinations, fun things to do, what to shop and more, even before users visit the spot! Users can take part in the interactive quizzes and GPS Treasure hunts to get an expert lay of the land and prepare for the visit. Further, when users finally visit the destination, they can indulge in the real and exciting GPS Treasure hunts with their families and friends.
360°, PANORAMA PHOTOS
Users can see beautiful and incredible sights from across Madhya Pradesh – in high resolution and in 360° through the app. Featured are forts, palaces, temples, rivers, forests and more, that too in various new perspectives.
TRAVEL TIPS, ITINERARIES
Traveling to smaller destinations can sometimes get a little hair raising. There’s too much information and sometimes too little. Find the best, curated information on the Madhya Pradesh RunCation app that will make your journey smooth and stress free.
BOOK HOTELS
See a full listing of hotels from the destination you want to travel to and book the one that fits your needs and budget, inside the Madhya Pradesh RunCation app.
About RunCation:
Launched by the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board in October 2019, the RunCation mobile app provides tourists information about destinations in Madhya Pradesh to enhance their entire travel plan – right from travel inspiration to interesting facts about destinations, booking accommodation and exploring the region. Innovative and interactive options such as 360-degree photos and quizzes enable tourists to explore destinations on the app. Currently the app provides live access to seven destinations- Bhopal, Khajuraho, Gwalior, Mandu, Orchha, Pachmarhi, Pench and several more spots will be added soon.
The app has been downloaded over 100 times and is expected to pick pace going ahead.
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