Web-Tools for Integrating the Resorts of the Kavminvody Region in the Online Environment of Inter-cultural Recreational Communications

Sustainable economic development of some regions without industrial potential depends entirely on the tourism sector of the economy. The technologies of recreational communications, i.e. the technologies of submission and presentation of information related to recreation and travel, are of great importance in supporting of the tourism services market. The development of hardware shifts the flow of such information into the sphere of information and communication technologies, in particular, Web technologies. The article is devoted to the use of multimedia Web-maps, QR-codes and databases for the provision of tourist-oriented information products in the region of Caucasian Mineral Waters. The article describes the development of a multimedia map of the tourist objects of the Caucasian Mineral Waters and the QR-code database related with it. The system allows getting a brief information about the selected objects, to create an excursion route, to view pictures. The users can choose language (Russian, English or French). In the future, the choice of languages will be expanded and the opportunity to listen to audio stories about tourist objects of this resort region will be added. Such a system can increase the interest of tourists and vacationers from all over the world to visit the Caucasian Mineral Waters that will have a positive effect on the economic development of the region.