Recently, the Anhui Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, in collaboration with the Cyberspace Administration of Anhui and the Anhui Provincial Development and Reform Commission, issued the "Action Plan for the Innovative Development of Smart Tourism in Anhui Province" to accelerate the promotion of smart tourism characterized by digitalization, networking, and intelligence.

The action plan sets an overall goal of significantly enhancing the level of innovative development in smart tourism across the province by 2027. It outlines 20 key tasks, including accelerating the construction of smart tourism infrastructure, advancing the digital transformation and upgrading of tourism, cultivating smart tourism product formats, and improving the efficiency of smart tourism services.

According to the action plan, by the end of 2025, Anhui aims to achieve 5G mobile network signal coverage and enhanced application experiences at all national 5A-level tourist attractions, national first-class museums, over 150 national 4A-level tourist attractions, and more than 15 national second-class museums. The plan also includes conducting evaluations of smart scenic areas, promoting the establishment of the Anhui Smart Tourism Development Alliance, selecting and launching a batch of outstanding smart tourism solutions, 5G+ smart tourism pilot projects, and immersive new spaces for smart tourism experiences. Additionally, it will advance "AI + Cultural Tourism," creating a digital cultural tourism intelligent entity based on artificial intelligence, and encourage key cultural tourism enterprises to lead or participate in the research and development of large models in the cultural tourism industry.

Source: people.com