Sanya accelerates construction of new smart city

Yachts travel off the coast of Sanya. [Photo/Sanya Daily]

Sanya has been promoting the intelligent transformation of transportation, medical care and tourism through the full use of emerging technologies such as the internet of things, big data, and artificial intelligence, empowering development in all economic and social fields.

Yacht tourism has become a new tourist consumption hotspot in Sanya in recent years. In order to strengthen the standardization management of yacht tourism, the Sanya Technology Investment Group has developed a comprehensive service platform.

It integrates 4G and 5G, maritime satellites, and Beidou satellites for the shipboard terminals that are used by yachts and sailboats. The system can escort yachts to carry out a larger range and longer time for activities.

Sanya has been utilizing the internet, big data and intelligent platforms to accelerate the construction of a smart tourism service system, which will cover all scenic spots and some core hotel resources, all local travel agencies in Hainan province, and nearly 1,000 group travel agencies in China. The average annual transaction of the platform exceeds 4 billion yuan ($617 million), and it is a key task of the Hainan Free Trade Port.

The city set up the Sanya Reliable Tour WeChat account "syfxysc" and mini programs, providing tourists with one-stop tourism services and consumption safety protection. The city also launched a supervision platform to regulate the tourism consumption market, and allow citizens and tourists to share the fruits of smart city development.