Tourism body launches tender for multilingual digital platform
Tender seeks supplier to build a web and mobile tourism platform with integrated, multilingual information to attract and support visitors along a key route.
Tender seeks supplier to build a web and mobile tourism platform with integrated, multilingual information to attract and support visitors along a key route.
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The Ministry of Culture and tourism of the Republic of N Macedonia has launched a tender for an integrated digital tourism platform for Corridor E75, combining a web portal and mobile applications to deliver comprehensive, multilingual information for visitors.
In April 2026, the Ministry of Culture and tourism of the Republic of N Macedonia published a contract notice for Digital Platform Development for Corridor E75. The ministry is seeking services for the creation of an integrated digital tourism platform centred on a web portal and mobile applications.
According to the notice, the platform is designed to provide comprehensive tourism information with multilingual support. Bringing the web portal and mobile apps together in a single solution puts emphasis on a coherent experience for users, regardless of how they access the service.
The explicit reference to Corridor E75 gives the project a clear geographical focus. The platform is expected to organise tourism information around this corridor, helping users understand what can be found along the route.
The notice describes the core deliverable as an integrated platform bringing together several elements:
This structure means the project is about both content and technology. The platform will need to store tourism information in a structured way, while the portal and apps will present that information on different devices.
Multilingual support is a core requirement. In practice, this means the platform must provide information and user interfaces in more than one language, widening access for visitors who use different languages.
The notice does not describe hosting, maintenance, analytics or links to any existing tourism systems. Without those details, the overall technical and operational model for the platform remains open in the summary information.
The Corridor E75 tender sits within a broader pattern of public bodies investing in integrated digital platforms that combine portals, mobile apps and back-end systems.
In February 2026, Statutární město České Budějovice published a contract notice for Citizen Portal Development. That project involves designing, delivering, integrating and commissioning a comprehensive solution for a citizen portal that supports self-service processing of local government agendas, establishes necessary hardware infrastructure and integrates with existing city information systems.
Also in February 2026, Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracija went to market with Digital Tourism Development Services. Its objective is to acquire services for the development of digital tourism products and tools, showing another public authority using procurement to develop its tourism-related digital offer.
The pattern extends beyond tourism-specific projects. In March 2026, Vendée Expansion - SEM launched Mobile Application Services, setting up a framework agreement for the provision, hosting and maintenance of a mobile application that shares information about local life and services in the Vendée department.
Transport bodies are following a similar route. In February 2026, Hrvatske autoceste d.o.o. issued a notice for Sales Web Portal and Mobile App Development, covering development of a sales web portal, a mobile application for end-users and an integration data hub for a new toll collection system.
Other authorities are combining portals, data platforms and e-services. In January 2026, COMUNA NUCET sought an Integrated Digital Platform for Nucet to improve local public administration efficiency and make it easier for citizens to access services. In April 2026, Urząd Miasta Gorzowa Wielkopolskiego went out with 3D Portal and e-Services Development, a project that includes a system for managing road infrastructure and urban space, new e-services, system maintenance and cloud hosting, aligned with ITIL best practices.
Seen against this backdrop, the Corridor E75 platform is another instance of public-sector buyers asking for integrated digital ecosystems rather than isolated websites or stand-alone applications. The decision to frame the project explicitly around a corridor and tourism information makes it distinctive within this wider group.
For tourism authorities, digital platforms of this kind have become central to how destinations are presented and managed. A single, integrated system can make it easier to keep information up to date, reuse content across channels and adjust messaging as tourism priorities change.
The Corridor E75 project concentrates those benefits on a defined route. If the platform succeeds in bringing together comprehensive information and delivering it through both the web portal and mobile apps, it could make it much simpler for people to find tourism information related to the corridor in one place.
For suppliers, the tender sets out a familiar mix of challenges: designing and building both a web portal and mobile applications, ensuring they operate as a single integrated platform and supporting multilingual content and interfaces. Experience from other public-sector portal and app projects, such as those in Statutární město České Budějovice, COMUNA NUCET or Urząd Miasta Gorzowa Wielkopolskiego, is likely to be relevant here.
The notice itself is concise, so important details about volumes of content, expected user numbers, performance requirements and governance arrangements are not visible in the summary. Those factors will affect the technical choices suppliers propose, from content management and hosting models to how the system is tested before launch.
The contract notice for Digital Platform Development for Corridor E75 sets the broad direction: an integrated digital tourism platform, delivered through a web portal and mobile applications, with multilingual support. The more detailed procurement documents will determine the precise shape of the project.
Points to watch include how extensive the multilingual offer will be, how the platform is expected to interact with any existing tourism information systems and whether the supplier is asked to provide long-term hosting, support and content management or only initial development.
Alongside similar procurements for tourism platforms, citizen portals and digital municipal services, this tender underlines how online platforms are moving to the centre of how public bodies communicate with residents and visitors. For vendors working at the intersection of tourism, data and user experience, the Corridor E75 project is a sign that integrated, multilingual solutions are becoming a standard expectation rather than an exception.
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