The inconvenience in looking for public toilets, parking lots and searching Baidu for the history of tourist attractions will no longer bother the tourists in Beidaihe. A development project on the hand-drawn map of Beidaihe smart tourism culture was launched several days ago. With a smart phone in hand, each tourist will soon enjoy an “omnipotent” tour guide in Beidaihe.
The reporter learned from the Beidaihe District Tourism Bureau that the project would be completed within two months. So far, through field investigation and aerial photography, the cartographers have already collected the geographic and picture information about scenic sites (spots), star hotels, sanatoriums, culture squares, old villas and tourism-related public facilities in Beidaihe. Taking the plan map, travel map and culture map of Beidaihe as a reference, they are now working on the design and drawing of the smart tourism culture map of Beidaihe. It is also learned that the map will be painted entirely by hand in watercolor to directly display the tourism specialties and humanistic landscapes in Beidaihe with vivid pictures, bright colors and an aesthetic style so as to offer tourists a sense of freshness and a good mood. In addition, the map provides other travel information about food, accommodation, transportation, sightseeing, shopping and entertainment, and contains such new travel elements as business, health, learning, leisure, interest and novelty. All in all, the map gives tourists a panoramic view of Beidaihe. In the map, all the information, together with audio texts, is available in Chinese, English and Russian. The map not only provides “one map in hand, travel to all lands” offline tour service, but also offers online navigating and guiding system for each smart phone user to facilitate travelling with audio texts and illustrations. The hand-drawn map of Beidaihe smart tourism culture will definitely offer tourists a marvelous smart tour in Beidaihe.