Yunnan Attends Helsinki Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit to Share Development Achievements of Smart Tourism

Liu Huibo, deputy director of Foreign Exchange Cooperation Office of Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, promoted Yunnan province’s resources and shared achievements that Yunnan has achieved in recent years via smart tourism.

Release time : 2019-09-06 15:59:13

source : WTCF

The WTCF Helsinki Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit 2019 was held in Helsinki, Finland from September 3rd to the 4th. Promotional events during lunch were held during the summit. Liu Huibo, deputy director of Foreign Exchange Cooperation Office of Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, promoted Yunnan province’s resources and shared achievements that Yunnan has achieved in recent years via smart tourism.

Liu Huibo, deputy director of Foreign Exchange Cooperation Office of Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism was introducing the tourism resources in Yunnan

Yunnan is located near the border region of southwestern China with four seasons and pleasant weather. It boasts diverse natural landscapes such as plains, hills, alpine valleys, rivers and lakes. Liu Huibo introduced Yunnan’s various folk customs, splendid history and civilization. Festivals including the Water-Sprinkling Festival of the Dai people, the Torch Festival of the Yi people and the Third Month Fair of the Bai people, demonstrate the multi-ethnic cultural features of Yunnan province. Historic locations like the Yungmou Man Site and the Chengjiang Animal Fossil bring tourists the feeling of passing through ancient and modern times to appreciate the novelty of Yunnan. In recent years, the province has been exploring the area of smart tourism. It has cooperated with Tencent to establish an ‘all-for-one’ smart tourism digitalized platform——an app entitled “Travel in Yunnan with One Mobile” This platform covers tourists’ needs including food, accommodation, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment in Yunnan. Also, it assists the local government in comprehensive management of the tourism industry.

The Yunnan exhibition stand set up during the summit

Wen Shuqiong, counselor of Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, was recently interviewed by a journalist from CRI Online. She said that resources