On April 20th, the first hand-painted tourist map in Hubei Province that can speak----Zigui Smart Voice-Guiding System and Hand-painted Map, formally came on line to the official WeChat Official Account of Zigui tourism. This system is not only an important part of the smart tourist service platform, but also an innovative measure for building a national tourism model region, which will provide more diversified and convenient tourism experience for tourists.

　　Zigui Smart Voice-Guiding System and Hand-painted Map was created jointly by Hangzhou Weijing Technology Co., Ltd and the Bureau for Culture, News, Press, TV & Broadcast and Tourism of Zigui County. The system uses vivid and lovely form to comprehensively display the tourism resources in Zigui and provide recommendation and guidance of exquisite tourism routes for tourists. The voice-guiding system is equipped with many functions including map guide, voice explanation, picture introduction, tourist service, VR panorama, etc. With the help of real-time GPS navigation system, tourists can easily find 48 scenic spots, country tourism spot and fruits-picking plantation in Zigui, can listen to voice explanation and find nearby supporting facilities. Tourists can also experience the VR panorama to actually enjoy smart travel guide, explanation and shopping, thus realizing “travelling around Zigui just with a cell-phone in hand”. To use the voice-guiding system, what all tourists need do firstly is to follow the WeChat Official Account of Zigui tourism, i.e. “Three Gorges Dam & Quyuan Zigui” and then click “Micro Tourism”- “Smart Guide”.

　　It was informed that a press conference for Zigui Smart Voice-Guiding System and Hand-painted Map will be held on the rice seedling-transplanting festival of Tujia ethnic group in Shizhu Village on May 12th, where people can transplant rice seedlings, drink wine and catch eels to experience farm life and evoke feelings of nostalgia. Meanwhile, under the guidance of the newly released system, a self-driving team arranged by Tencent Dachu Website and the Bureau for Culture, News, Press, TV & Broadcast and Tourism of Zigui County, will drive to Shizhu Village and join in the festival. As a bonus, the first batch of the limited version of the hand-painted maps will be presented to this team. (Correspondents Fu Hua, Wang Yuxue)