What is Wikitravel?
Wikitravel is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date and reliable world-wide travel guide. It is built in collaboration by Wikitravellers from around the globe. You can read more about Wikitravel on the About page, and get answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Wikitravel in general from the Wikitravel FAQ page. The rest of this FAQ is specifically about Wikitravel Shared.
Wikitravel is a community-based wiki site operated by Internet Brands, Inc. with the goal of creating a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable world-wide travel guide. It was founded by Evan Prodromou and Michele Ann Jenkins in July of 2003, and as of August 2007 it includes over 30,000 travel guides in 18 languages. Wikitravel won the 2007 Webby Award for Best Travel Site. Wikitravel’s guides are written, illustrated and edited by tens of thousands of Internet users across the globe. The contents are available free of charge under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 license.