Travel

By App on Luther’s traces

“Luther-to-go” is the name of the new App. In order for travellers to be related to the reformation anniversary in 2017 by the action sites of the Church reformer of Thuringia, guided.

Apps for tourists on your Smartphone or Tablet instead of city plans and wall maps made of paper – the holiday has long since become digital. Thuringia has adapted to this Trend.

On Tuesday, the Federal state government and Thuringian tourism GmbH (TTG) presented a new Luther-App. You guide tourists to the reformation anniversary in 2017 by the action sites of the Church reformer Martin Luther in Thüringen.

The App in the “Luther-to-go“ leads on the approximately 1000 km long Luther Hiking trail. It also provides information on 20 major sites associated with Luther, 180 churches and more than 400 other tourist destinations.

The tourism industry in the free state has high hopes in the jubilee year, which commemorates the publication of Luther’s criticism of the Roman Catholic Church 500 years ago.

In the past year, 3.7 million tourists came to Thuringia. Especially the benefited for years, booming cities tourism to Eisenach, Weimar, Erfurt and Jena.

is/ch (dpa)