Doha: Qatar Youth Hostels concluded its competition entitled 'Google Local Guide', in cooperation with the College of Business and Economics at Qatar University, by honouring the winners by Qatar University President, Dr. Hassan bin Rashid Al Derham, and Ministry of Sports and Youth, Youth Centres Department Head, Fawaz Al Misufri.
The 300 participants in the competition built distinctive Qatari content on Google Maps, the most important global programme in the field of finding and accessing places, as they contributed to enriching Qatari content over a period of two and a half months by uploading images and adding and modifying location data on Google Maps for a large number of local shops and tourist sites in the State of Qatar.
Four statistics were collected over the course the programme to follow-up and evaluate the performance of the participants and measure the extent of the impact that the participant can reach.
The efforts of the participants at the end of the programme resulted in achieving a number of figures, as the number of modifications made to the map amounted to 4,106, and the number of photos taken and uploaded reached 171,592, the number of videos that were filmed and uploaded reached 11,271. The number of places (coordinates) that were added reached 2,204, and the number of ratings and comments on the map reached more than 48,000 and 426.
During the closing ceremony, the winning participants were honoured in five categories which are: a prize for the three highest points at the level of the programme; participant who took the highest number of pictures and uploaded them on the map; participant who established the highest number of locations (coordinates) on the map; the most beautiful photo taken; and a prize for the top three points at the level of the College of Business and Economics.
Qatar Youth Hostels commended the community partner Qatar University and the official sponsors for their support of the programme. Qatari Youth Hostels launched the competition in the summer of 2021, in order to raise the level of interaction with community participation and to empower and qualify the youth to activate their role in society.
Highlighting what distinguishes the State of Qatar in terms of tourism, historical, service and commercial facilities is one of the aspects of pride in the Qatari identity and enhancing its presence in one of the most important global programs. This step paves the way for enriching Qatari content on Google Maps and placing it within the reach of visitors to the State of Qatar, and in particular the fans of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
