29/11/10…..District tourism boost for Smart phone users

Tourism in South Oxfordshire is set to receive a boost following the launch of a new mobile friendly website.

m.visitsouthoxfordshire.co.uk is the new mobile version of South Oxfordshire District Council?s www.visitsouthoxfordshire.co.uk website and is intended to increase business by promoting the quality and variety of the district?s tourism offer to the UK?s 12.8m smart phone users.

The mobile site provides immediate 24/7 access to hotel information, maps, directions, events and contact numbers for the whole district, precisely when they are needed.

The site is designed with the user in mind and automatically detects the screen size so that pages are displayed on a variety of mobile devices for maximum usability, and fast downloads and limited flash and pop ups maintain navigational speed.

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