Informatization is the main symbol of tourism modernization, said Zhu Shanzhong, deputy director of China's tourism administration, on Sunday at the Informatization and Tourism Forum during the 2010 Bo'ao International Tourism Forum in Sanya, Hainan Province.
It will shore up the upgrading and updating of the service industry, Zhu said.
The forum's information hotline for tourists, 116114, provides services for flight and hotel reservations and information on tourist attractions and facilities in several languages.
Consumers are willing to acquire timely information involved in food, lodging, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment through a convenient channel, which calls for the establishment of an automated information network by governmental tourism agencies and enterprises, said Lu Yimin, general manager of China Unicom, which operates the hotline.
The government will speed up planning and policies to support the communication industry, promote the infrastructure construction of communication in tourist attractions and the application of information technologies and business, and accelerate the integration of information resources, said Liu Lihua, director of the General Office of Ministry of Industry and Informatization.
It will shore up the upgrading and updating of the service industry, Zhu said.
The forum's information hotline for tourists, 116114, provides services for flight and hotel reservations and information on tourist attractions and facilities in several languages.
Consumers are willing to acquire timely information involved in food, lodging, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment through a convenient channel, which calls for the establishment of an automated information network by governmental tourism agencies and enterprises, said Lu Yimin, general manager of China Unicom, which operates the hotline.
The government will speed up planning and policies to support the communication industry, promote the infrastructure construction of communication in tourist attractions and the application of information technologies and business, and accelerate the integration of information resources, said Liu Lihua, director of the General Office of Ministry of Industry and Informatization.
