Tran Van Tan, vice chairman of Quang Nam Province People’s Committee, said that the province will hire the services of Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) to develop the plan.
Tourists in Hoi An, Quang Nam
The smart tourism is expected to help users search for information related to accommodation, food, tourism destinations, shops, entertainment, travel and events.
The integration of digital maps of the system also makes it easy for travellers to find the way, search for surrounding places and even create their own schedule.
For management agencies, the smart tourism will provide statistics; reporting data; information about users, businesses, news, events and photos; feedback and suggestions from tourists about the quality of services; contributing to helping them make appropriate adjustments and strategies.
Some localities in Vietnam such as Ninh Binh, Da Lat and Phu Quoc have applied this system.
By late last year, VNPT and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) agreed to promote the local smart tourism.
Under the three-year agreement, the two sides would support each other in their development. They would annually build suitable co-operation programmes to advertise the country’s tourism sector to local and foreign tourists by applying modern IT solutions and services.
VNPT would consult and co-operate with VNAT to build a master plan on IT master plan for the tourism sector and to build a development plan for smart tourism.
