The micro-blogging, social-networking site is full of travel deals, insider tips, news, and useful information.
My friend, Bader Ali, a marketer from Muscat Oman, was recently planning a business trip to Asean, and wondered if she should fly into KLIA or Cxxxxx Airport. He could have looked at blogs, checked out airport websites, or even called a travel agent. Instead, he turned to a different network—him friends on Twitter. “Everyone said to stay away from Cxxxxx Airport,” he says. Following the advice of her fellow tweeters, she flew into KLIA.
Twitter, the 140-characters-at-a-time Web phenomenon of the moment, turns out to be a powerful tool for travelers. It can take you deep into the collective mind of the Internet to find the latest—and often the hippest—information about hotels, restaurants, and airfare deals. And lots of travelers are discovering the site’s potential.
A bit of Twitter 101 (skip ahead if you’re already tweet-friendly): it’s a free service that lets you send and receive brief messages, called tweets, which are restricted to no more than 140 characters of text—meaning Twitter is a hybrid of instant messaging and blogging. People who follow you get your tweets, and you can choose which other Twitterers you want to follow. Tweets can be sent and received on twitter.com, traditional e-mail accounts, mobile phones, RSS, and Facebook.
Because it’s informal, Twitter allows you to be conversational and responsive. And it connects you with travelers who prefer social networking over official travel websites. It can also be very local. With so many eyes scouring the Internet, culling from websites, and providing links, Twitter is a way to essentially create your own aggregator.
Those on the receiving end of this information run the gamut of travel types. My friend, Bader Ali from Muscat - Oman, was planning a KL vacation that included KLCC and scoured Twitter Aquaria KLCC and KL Tower @ Twitter MenaraKL “Twitter came in handy for nailing down the details,” he says.
Here also the lists of Twitter Site that i suggest to my friend when he exploring KL last time...
No matter what kind of travel you’ll be doing, Twitter can be a powerful and efficient tool; after all, skimming the posts is faster than visiting a bunch of blogs. Use Twitter’s search engine to find, say, a member who tracks hotel deals in KL...
all site with useful information when u exploring KL.
and now all of u also should try this...
let's exploring KL now...! Happy tweeting... and WELCOME to KUALA LUMPUR!
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