CSIR project manager Pieter Coetzee said planning holidays, adventures, special interest trips or conferences, or even finding any tourism-related information, would never be the same again. Tourists would be encouraged to plan an adventure of a lifetime, and learn more about the country, with a Veza CD-Rom. The CD is a complete integrated travel and tourism tool offering the user a unique combination of video clips, photographs, text articles, artwork and graphics as well as three-dimensional photographs and maps. The CD series portrays the unique combination of attractions that makes SA a prime tourist destination. This is the first product of its kind on the market that contains this much written, visual and commercial information in an integrated format.
Interactive functionality allows the user to plan a trip in terms of specific interests and needs.
Users have access to the full range of tourist-related services offered, such as accommodation, travel, conferences, entertainment, sports, essential services and shopping. Information is easy to access, giving the user a choice of different paths through which to reach the same objective, for instance through the use of a search engine. The speed of access is much faster than the internet. The user-friendly interface includes a unique route finder. Potential tourists can browse around to find exciting places to visit and things to see, and then book online through the fully web-enabled functionality.