The Kemanayo Application Makes It Easy For Travelers To Get A More Personalized Itinerary

After previously the tourism industry got down at the beginning of the pandemic, now slowly various services targeting the tourism sector are recovering. Although they still have to follow a number of strict health protocols, it is predicted that in 2021 the tourism sector, especially for domestic destinations, will return to normal. One of the platforms that then tried to work on this sector was "Kemanayo".

To DailySocial, Kemanayo CEO Rizal Azhar said, through this application, traveler can find itinerary or travel plans according to their respective interests. Where do you want to make it easier? traveler on vacation and help them save time searching for tourist destinations. Thus making the trips and visits made to be of higher quality.

"In order for the tourism industry to recover and develop further post-pandemic, businesses need to pay attention to changes in people's attitudes and preferences. And we see that future tourism developments after the pandemic are more personal. They need a choice that suits their personality, needs, and preferences. each other's hobbies," said Rizal.

Kemanayo acts as a liaison and accelerator to synergize contributions from various parties stakeholders in the tourism industry, bridging the gap between information, data and market demand; through travel contributors which can be a source of information for destinations that have not been exposed at the regional level.

For each package itinerary which have been compiled and successfully sold, travel contributor will get income with a profit sharing of up to 50%. Kemanayo is also collaborating with stakeholders as travel agent, F&B, transportation and accommodation, MICE, as well as local governments to create unique tourism activities and help increase promotions.

"As travel itinerary marketplace, Kemanayo allows anyone from tour guides, communities, travel bloggers, and journalists and the public at large can make, sell and acquire or buy a variety of options itinerary in Kemanayo," said Rizal.

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Since it was first launched earlier this year, Kemanayo claims to have experienced a significant increase in users. The company also cooperates with many traveler and travel enthusiasts who also contributed to creating a variety of choices itinerary on the Kemanayo platform.

Kemanayo claims to have differences with other similar platforms. Starting from complete information for users in only one platform. So users can save time searching for tourist destinations and don't have to spend a lot of money or let their money be wasted looking for the right recommendations.

Utilizing the Kemanayo platform, users can also manage their own vacation time, becoming travel contributors, and of course help local tourism to develop. Currently Kemanayo has itinerary from various regions such as Jakarta, Bandung, Malang, Surabaya, Solo, Yogyakarta, to Bali.

This year there are a number of targets that Kemanayo wants to achieve. Among them is being able to provide various options travel itineraries from all regions in Indonesia, improving quality and service, including increasing the number of internal teams, as well as fundraising.

"We believe that the role of the community as travel contributor will also open up opportunities for local destinations and businesses to be better known by the wider community. In the long term, this can have a social impact and economic growth in each tourist area," Rizal concluded.

Several startups are working on the tourism sector, which is considered to have great economic value in Indonesia. They come in various forms, for example Gomodo provides SaaS services to make it easier for tour managers to digitize booking services. There is also Pigijo that comes as a trip planner application. During the pandemic several platforms are also present virtual tour service, such as Travalal and Anturin.