Touring Scraper -- Belgian Automobile Club Articles, FAQs & Travel Guides

Extract articles, frequently asked questions, and cross-border travel information from Touring.be -- Belgium's leading automobile club and roadside assistance provider, serving over 1.5 million members with travel advice, vehicle guides, and insurance information.

What is Touring Scraper?

Touring is the Belgian automobile club equivalent of the AA (UK) or ADAC (Germany). Beyond roadside assistance, Touring.be is a massive content platform: thousands of articles about vehicle maintenance, road trip planning, border crossing regulations, insurance advice, and mobility trends. This content is authoritative, regularly updated, and referenced by Belgian media and government agencies.

This actor discovers content via Touring's XML sitemap and scrapes articles, FAQs, and travel information pages. It extracts structured data including titles, body text, metadata, publication dates, and breadcrumb navigation. What people do with it:

• Content analysis -- automotive media companies and content agencies analyse Touring's editorial strategy to inform their own Belgian automotive content.
• Travel regulation monitoring -- logistics companies and travel agencies track Touring's country-specific border crossing guides for regulatory changes (vignettes, environmental zones, required equipment by country).
• Insurance market research -- comparison sites and insurance brokers monitor Touring's FAQ content to understand what questions Belgian drivers ask most.
• Knowledge base construction -- companies building Belgian mobility products use Touring's content as source material for their own knowledge bases and chatbots.
• SEO competitive analysis -- digital agencies analyse Touring's content taxonomy, keyword targeting, and information architecture for automotive clients.

What data does Touring Scraper extract?

Each content item is returned as a structured JSON object:

• :newspaper: Title -- the article, FAQ, or guide headline
• :label: Content type -- "article", "faq", or "travel-info" classification
• :page_facing_up: Full text content -- the complete body text, cleaned of HTML tags
• :memo: Description -- meta description or summary paragraph
• :calendar: Publication and modification dates -- when the content was first published and last updated
• :bust_in_silhouette: Author -- content author (typically "Touring" for institutional content)
• :framed_picture: Image -- hero image URL from the article
• :bookmark: Tags -- keyword tags from meta data
• :compass: Breadcrumbs -- full navigation path from the site hierarchy
• :globe_with_meridians: Language -- "nl" (Dutch) or "fr" (French)
• :link: URL -- direct link to the original article

How to scrape Touring.be

Field	Type	Required	Description
contentType	String	No	What to scrape: "articles", "faqs", "travel-info", or "all" (default: "articles")
startUrls	Array	No	Specific Touring.be URLs to scrape directly (overrides contentType)
maxResults	Integer	No	Maximum items to return (default: 100, max: 5,000)
language	String	No	Content language: "nl" (default) or "fr"
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings (usually not needed)

Tips:

• Use contentType: "all" with a high maxResults to get a complete content snapshot of everything Touring publishes.
• For cross-border travel regulations, use contentType: "travel-info" -- this captures country-specific driving requirements.
• The actor uses sitemap discovery, so it can find all indexed content without you needing to provide specific URLs.
• Set language: "fr" to get the French-language version of articles (Touring publishes in both Dutch and French).

Output

{
    "title": "Milieuzones in Europa: waar heb je een vignet nodig?",
    "contentType": "article",
    "url": "https://www.touring.be/nl/artikels/milieuzones-in-europa",
    "description": "Steeds meer Europese steden voeren milieuzones in. Ontdek waar je een vignet nodig hebt en hoe je er een aanvraagt.",
    "content": "Milieuzones zijn gebieden in stadscentra waar alleen voertuigen met een bepaalde milieunorm mogen binnenrijden. In Belgie kennen we de lage-emissiezones (LEZ) in Antwerpen, Gent en Brussel. Maar ook in het buitenland zijn er steeds meer steden met milieuzones...",
    "datePublished": "2026-02-15T10:00:00+01:00",
    "dateModified": "2026-03-20T14:30:00+01:00",
    "author": "Touring",
    "imageUrl": "https://www.touring.be/sites/default/files/milieuzones-europa.jpg",
    "tags": ["milieuzones", "vignet", "Europa", "LEZ"],
    "breadcrumbs": ["Home", "Artikels", "Mobiliteit", "Milieuzones in Europa"],
    "language": "nl",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-03T10:45:00.000Z"
}

How much does it cost?

Touring Scraper uses lightweight CheerioCrawler (no browser required):

Volume	Estimated CUs	Estimated Cost
100 articles	~0.03	~$0.015
500 articles	~0.10	~$0.05
1,000 articles	~0.20	~$0.10
All content (~3,000)	~0.50	~$0.25

The sitemap discovery step adds minimal overhead. Most compute goes to fetching individual content pages.

Can I integrate?

Push Touring content into your tools:

• Google Sheets -- maintain a spreadsheet of all Touring articles with metadata for content auditing
• Slack -- get notified when Touring publishes new articles on topics you care about
• Zapier / Make -- trigger workflows when travel regulation content is updated
• Webhooks -- stream content to your CMS or knowledge base
• Elasticsearch -- build a full-text searchable index of Belgian automotive and travel content
• Amazon S3 -- archive historical content snapshots for trend analysis

Can I use it as an API?

Yes. Integrate Touring content extraction into your pipeline:

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("studio-amba/touring-scraper").call(run_input={
    "contentType": "travel-info",
    "language": "nl",
    "maxResults": 200,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"[{item['contentType']}] {item['title']}")
    print(f"  Published: {item.get('datePublished', 'Unknown')}")

JavaScript:

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "YOUR_API_TOKEN" });

const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/touring-scraper").call({
    contentType: "all",
    language: "fr",
    maxResults: 500,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.log(`[${item.contentType}] ${item.title}`);
});

FAQ

What types of content does Touring publish? Three main categories: articles (vehicle advice, road trip guides, mobility news), FAQs (insurance questions, membership questions, roadside assistance), and travel info (country-specific border crossing requirements, environmental zone regulations).

Is the content copyrighted? Yes. Touring owns the copyright on their content. This actor extracts the text for analytical and research purposes. Republishing the content verbatim may require permission from Touring.

Does it scrape the full article body or just summaries? Full body text. The actor visits each individual content page and extracts the complete article text, stripped of HTML formatting.

Can I track when articles are updated? Yes. Both datePublished and dateModified are extracted from the page metadata when available. Run the actor periodically and compare modification dates to detect updates.

Is content available in both Dutch and French? Yes. Touring.be publishes most content in both languages. Use the language parameter to select "nl" or "fr".

Does it include Touring's membership pricing or services? No. The actor focuses on editorial content (articles, FAQs, guides), not on membership plans or service booking pages.

How much content does Touring publish? Touring.be has several thousand indexed content pages across articles, FAQs, and travel information. With contentType: "all" and a high maxResults, you can capture the entire editorial catalogue.

Can I use this for SEO competitive analysis? Yes. The breadcrumb data, meta descriptions, tags, and content structure are all extracted. This gives you a complete picture of how Touring organises and targets their content.

Does it capture structured FAQ schema? The actor extracts FAQ content from the page body. If Touring uses structured FAQ schema (FAQPage JSON-LD), that data is also parsed alongside the HTML content.

Limitations

• Content extraction relies on Touring's Drupal CMS structure. Major site redesigns may require actor updates.
• Not all pages have structured publication dates or author information in their metadata.
• FAQ pages often have simpler content structures than full articles -- body text may be shorter.
• The sitemap may not include every page on the site. Very new content might take time to appear in the sitemap.
• Only extracts text content, not embedded videos, interactive calculators, or downloadable PDFs.

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Your feedback

Need specific content categories, want to scrape Touring's service centre locations, or found a parsing issue? Open an issue on GitHub or reach out through Apify. User feedback directly drives our improvement priorities.