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Interactive Maps Installed at Madinah Book Fair to Enrich Visitors' Experience, Facilitate Searches

The third edition of Madinah Book Fair kicked off on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia. (SPA)
The third edition of Madinah Book Fair kicked off on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia. (SPA)
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Interactive Maps Installed at Madinah Book Fair to Enrich Visitors' Experience, Facilitate Searches

The third edition of Madinah Book Fair kicked off on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia. (SPA)
The third edition of Madinah Book Fair kicked off on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia. (SPA)

The Madinah Book Fair integrated modern technologies to facilitate visitors' searches for books, participating publishers, or exhibition areas hosting various activities, the Saudi Press agency said on Thursday.
Through interactive maps, similar to GPS navigation maps, that are installed throughout the fairgrounds, visitors can locate publishers and authors and can also navigate all areas of the fair by scanning Quick Response (QR) codes on their mobile devices, including the main stage, workshop areas, children's zone, book signing platforms, restaurants and cafes, restrooms, prayer areas, and others.
The interactive touch-enabled maps spread throughout the exhibition operate with advanced technology, allowing visitors to search for specific publishers and obtain detailed information such as their names, the booth number where they are located, the distance to reach them, and the estimated time required.

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Venice Cuts Size of Tourist Parties, Bans Loudspeakers

Stewards check QR codes outside the main train station in Venice earlier this month, during a pilot scheme aimed at limiting tourist numbers. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP
Stewards check QR codes outside the main train station in Venice earlier this month, during a pilot scheme aimed at limiting tourist numbers. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP
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Venice Cuts Size of Tourist Parties, Bans Loudspeakers

Stewards check QR codes outside the main train station in Venice earlier this month, during a pilot scheme aimed at limiting tourist numbers. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP
Stewards check QR codes outside the main train station in Venice earlier this month, during a pilot scheme aimed at limiting tourist numbers. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

Venice will limit the size of tourist parties to 25 people from Thursday in the latest attempt to reduce the impact of crowds on the lagoon city.

Local authorities will also ban the use of loudspeakers by tourist guides in measures aimed at “protecting the peace of residents” and ensuring pedestrians can move around more freely.

There will be fines ranging from €25-500 (£21-£422) for those who do not comply with the measures, which were originally planned to take effect from June but held over until the start of August, The Guardian reported.

The restrictions cover the city center and also the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello.

In April, Venice became the first city in the world to introduce a payment system for visitors in an experiment aimed at dissuading daytrippers from arriving during peak periods.