Tourism
Digital signage for tourism and visitor attractions
Visitors rarely arrive during opening hours. The window screen takes over at night, the kiosk answers the everyday questions, and the events listing updates itself from the database your destination already maintains. You enter it once; it appears everywhere.
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The starting point
Information rarely arrives at the right moment
A tourist information centre closes in the evening, on Sundays, and often for part of the winter. Yet the evening someone arrives is exactly when they are looking for somewhere to eat, what is on tomorrow and which trail to take. Meanwhile the programme has changed, the printed poster is out of date, and nobody is there to say so.
The window
The window screen that informs around the clock
The window becomes your out-of-hours desk
A screen placed behind the glass stays readable from the pavement, including when the office is closed. It is the most productive touchpoint a visitor centre has: it works precisely the hours nobody is there.
- ✓Tomorrow’s opening hours and the seasonal calendar
- ✓Tonight’s and this weekend’s events, updated on their own
- ✓Accommodation still available
- ✓Weather, road conditions and trail status
- ✓A QR code that puts the map in the visitor’s phone
On the hardware side, a south-facing window needs a high-brightness panel: a consumer television washes out in direct sunlight and shuts itself down in the heat. Formats and specifications are covered on the digital window display page.
The journey
A visitor’s stay, point by point
A visitor does not stop at the welcome desk: they move through the destination. Here are the six places where a screen answers them, from the car park to the attraction they came to see. All of them are managed from the same platform.
Arrival
In the arrivals car park or at the station, a first screen welcomes visitors, locates the information centre and lists what is on today. The stay begins there, not at the counter.
The window, 24/7
The centre is closed. The window gives the opening time, the evening’s events and the accommodation still free. Visitors leave with an answer instead of leaving disappointed.
The welcome desk
Inside, the screen shows today’s programme, the weather and public transport while an adviser finishes with the previous visitor. Waiting becomes useful.
The touchscreen kiosk
Everyday questions — opening times, prices, maps, walking trails, partners — are answered in self-service, in the visitor’s own language. Advisers keep their time for advice.
The trailhead
An outdoor totem gives the distance, the ascent and the condition of the path. A QR code or an NFC tag puts the route in the walker’s phone before mobile coverage disappears.
The attraction
Museum, castle, cave: the screen orients visitors, announces the next guided tour and makes queueing bearable. That case is covered in depth on digital signage for museums.
Your data
What is already recorded appears on its own
Most destinations already maintain a tourism information system — a shared database of events, accommodation and points of interest. E-MANAGER connects to it and pulls that content onto the screens. No re-entry, and no discrepancy between the screen, the website and the printed guide.
In France, EMITY connects to Apidae and Tourinsoft, the two systems most destinations use. Elsewhere, the platform reads RSS feeds, an embedded web page or an exported calendar — and if your system is not on the list, our engineering team builds a dedicated connector.
Self-service
The touchscreen kiosk, for the questions that recur
The kiosk answers while you advise
Three quarters of the questions asked at a counter are the same ones: where are the toilets, what time does the castle close, which trail takes about two hours. A kiosk answers them in self-service, and your team keeps its time for the conversations that genuinely call for advice.
- ✓Interactive map of the town and its points of interest
- ✓Walking trails: distance, duration, ascent
- ✓Multilingual — visitors pick their language with one touch
- ✓Partners and accommodation, sorted by category
- ✓Reachable seated or standing, on a kiosk at an accessible height
These interactive journeys run on E-CLICK: see the touchscreen kiosks. And an NFC tag triggers content the moment a phone touches it, with no app to install.
The places
Tourism does not stop at the information centre
A destination is experienced in several places, and each has its own constraints.
Tourist information centres
Welcome desk, window and kiosk. The core of the setup, described on this page.
Museums and heritage sites
Orientation, the next guided tour, multilingual content: digital signage for museums.
Shop windows and high streets
Partner offers and what is on, readable from the street: digital window displays.
Trails and outdoor sites
Outdoors and without mains power, an e-paper panel holds its display without consuming energy.
In practice
How a visitor centre gets equipped
Four steps, and the first screen is broadcasting the same day.
EMITY at a glance
A French software company, a network of certified resellers
+7,000
screens connected
+1,000
customer accounts
+130
reseller partners
+20
countries
EMITY develops its software suite in Montpellier, France, and distributes it through a network of certified resellers. One account can run anything from a single screen to a thousand: a seasonal information point as easily as a regional network.
Frequently asked questions
What visitor centres ask before they invest
Alongside
Three pages that complete this one
Let us make it concrete
Try it on the window before equipping the whole destination
The trial opens the full platform in its Excellence edition for 3 months, on up to 3 screens, with no card details and no commitment. Enough to connect your events feed, schedule a week of high season and judge for yourself.
