The services offered are very similar to a travel agency, but for local services instead of remote ones. Maybe shop=tourism_agency?
2017-06-29 23:13 GMT+01:00 Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com>: > I won't disagree with you about shop=tourism as no, I've never heard of a > tourism shop either (& we live in a tourist-oriented area)! > > Maybe it's another term that doesn't translate internationally, but here > in Australia at least, "travel agencies" don't handle day-to-day tourist > matters like boat rides, walking tours etc either. Travel agencies are > where you sit down with a travel agent a few months prior to leaving on > your trip, to plan your itinerary, work out which flights you need to catch > & book them, book your cabin on a cruise ship etc. > > We do have tourism information centres, where they hold stocks of > brochures etc telling tourists what attractions there are in the area, what > the opening hours of the local museum are & so on, but, once again, they > don't usually book ferry rides, tours & so on - that's left up to the > tourist to do either online or by phone? > > I don't know what you would call the type of "shop" that Volker originally > described, but maybe tourism=information woud cover it? > > Thanks > > Graeme > > > On 30 June 2017 at 01:09, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> sent from a phone >> >> On 28. Jun 2017, at 23:46, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> There is a tag for bicycle rental: http://wiki.openstreet >> map.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dbicycle_rental. >> >> >> >> +1, although this will probably not lead to a compatibile tagging scheme, >> because I'd expect many of the things in the amenity key . >> >> >> >> >> Maybe just shop=tourism together with that? >> >> >> >> don't like this tag, IMHO too generic, not well distinguishable from >> travel agencies, no clear meaning (ever heard someone saying: I'm going to >> the tourist shop? What would you think if you heard this? I would likely >> ask 'where?'). It isn't really a category (of what they sell) rather than a >> category for whom it is (i.e. it can be used to disqualify a shop as >> "mostly for tourists " (locals who know the situation won't go there), but >> not to qualify the kind of things they offer). >> >> Cheers, >> Martin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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