Visit Hong Kong vs PRIDE EXPLORER

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. It is situated on China's south coast and, enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea. It is known for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. Hong Kong is frequently described as a place where "East meets West", reflecting the culture's mix of the territory's Chinese roots with influences from its time as a British colony. Hong Kong Island is the island that gives the territory Hong Kong its name. Although it is not the largest part of the territory, it is the place that many tourists regard as the main focus. This app is designed specifically to assist visitors navigate around interesting sights within Hong Kong and its districts. There are 140 sights included in the app with purple pin-drops showing their locations on the map. Once your hotel details are entered, you can easily find what interesting sights are around the hotel you're staying through the map pin-drops. The app also allows you to check the weather conditions, send postcards to family and friends, enter your hotel information by keying in the address or obtain from your contacts, visitor information, modes of transport, and restaurants in Hong Kong. As this app accesses the internet, an internet connection is required for the app to work. Features: Map - The map is mainly centred around Hong Kong and its districts. It uses four coloured pin-drops. Purple pin-drops shows all 140 sights within Hong Kong and its districts. Red pin-drops shows the location of hotels you've entered, green pin-drops shows the locations that you wish to find, and the blue pin-drop shows your current location. When you are in Hong Kong, the 'Locate' button will pin-point your current location with a blue pin-drop. There is also a 'Find' button that allows you to find an address or place that you've entered and this location is shown with a green pin-drop. Sights - All 140 sights are listed. When you select a sight, a summary of the sight will be displayed including the address, opening times and entrance fees. You have the option yo visit its website, display map location, give a rating for the sight or mark it as visited. Hotels - You can enter the name and address of a hotel or get one from your Contacts. When you press the 'Save' button, the hotel will be shown on the map. This will provide an indication of how far the sights are from your chosen hotel address. More than one hotel addresses may be entered. You can then go back to the Map section to see the locations (shown by red pin-drops) of these hotels. You can also save the hotel details to your contacts. Weather - This shows the 9-day forecast on the current weather conditions of Hong Kong. Postcard - You can send a postcard to your loved ones or friends with an attached photo of the sight you're visiting. Select the 'Sight' photo to send, enter the email address, type your email message, press either 'Send', 'Cancel', 'Delete Draft' or 'Save Draft'. Transport - This takes you to the Transportation website where you can obtain information on buses/ferries/minibus/taxis/trains/trams timetables, fares & tickets, transport information, etc. Places - Shows the nearest location of places like restaurants, supermarket, banks, medical centres, etc. on the map based on your current location. It also shows driving direction or walk direction on the map between your current location and the selected place. Directions - This takes you to a website where you can obtain directions (by car, bus, walk, or cycle) to where you want to go. It will initially show your current location. Visitor Information - Obtain information on events and festivals, things to see and do, where to stay, shop, trip planner, etc. Restaurants - Find restaurants by location, cuisine, price, suggestions, etc.

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