Lam Dong People's Committee Chairman Ho Van Muoi chaired a meeting on November 11 to review progress on the project, which aims to provide visitors with a safer, more convenient and modern travel experience.
The smart tourism map will initially serve visitors attending the 11th Dalat Flower Festival in 2026 before developing into a comprehensive digital guide to destinations across the province.
It will provide information on tourist attractions, festival venues and essential facilities, including car parks, public toilets, security assistance points and medical services.
An integrated AI-powered virtual assistant will help visitors plan personalised itineraries based on their interests, available time and travel needs.
The platform will also feature traffic monitoring, an emergency SOS function and a system for reporting problems, helping tourists deal with unexpected situations and avoid harassment or overcharging.
The system is currently undergoing trials on a website platform.
At the meeting, provincial departments agreed to coordinate the sharing of geographical, location and sector-specific data for integration into the map.
Vice Chairman Dinh Van Tuan called for carefully selected information that is accurate, regularly updated and appealing to visitors.
The map will initially be piloted in Dalat before potentially expanding across Lam Dong Province. It is also expected to support multiple languages to serve domestic and international tourists.
Muoi urged departments to work closely together and consolidate data under a single management system to avoid fragmentation.
He stressed that information must be accurate and continuously updated.
The chairman also instructed relevant agencies to finalise funding arrangements and management plans, aiming to complete the Dalat tourism map by the end of November for trial use during the 11th Dalat Flower Festival.
