The metaverse universe began to be followed with interest in the tourism industry. The tourism agency announced that it will give tourists who will visit Turkey the opportunity to experience their accommodation in a virtual environment. The agency broke new ground and entered the metaverse with rental bungalows.
The tourism industry has also started to research and work on technologies such as metaverse and augmented reality. Turkey-based travel agency Where We Go Today became a pioneer in this field by promoting a bungalow in Sapanca on the metaverse.
Metaverse Experience from Tourists to Tourists
Speaking on the subject, Where Let’s Go Today Founder İlker Kulaksız said:
“New technologies such as Metaverse are laying the groundwork for the ‘try before you buy’ method, which has become a widespread trend among users. Thanks to the metaverse project we have implemented today, visitors coming to our country from abroad can tour our rental bungalows in the virtual universe from the front. In this way, the metaverse turns into a medium with high potential for tourism-oriented sales. Our long-standing work has paid off first, and our bungalow house in Sapanca has been introduced on the metaverse.”
“Visitors Can Have a Personalized Experience By Visiting Our Bungalows in Metaverse”
For the future of the tourism industry, new possibilities emerging with the advancements in technology Pointing out that there are many opportunities, Kulaksız said:
“Seeing and seizing these opportunities contributes not only to companies but also to the industry. A large number of local and foreign tourists who want to experience the places they will vacation in advance, especially on social media, show interest in our bungalow villas, which we display on the metaverse platform called OVR. Visitors can have a personalized experience by visiting our 3D modeled bungalows.”
First NFT Collection and Now Metaverse
Noting that they are closely interested in blockchain-based concepts that emerged with Web 3.0 as an agency, Kulaksız said: He continued as follows:
“Last month, we exhibited Turkey’s first tourism-themed NFT collection on OpenSea, the largest NFT market. With the NFT collection we created inspired by Star Wars movies, we made it possible for the most important tourism destinations of our country to take place on a global platform with a new generation art form. After this project, which was met with great interest, we are now breaking new ground by being included in the metaverse community.”
