“Travel in Yunnan with Cellphone” Lancang-Mekong experience officers visited Stone Forest (Photographed by Wang Limei)

On November 1, “Travel in Yunnan with Cellphone” Lancang-Mekong experience officers visited Stone Forest for a new experience of smart tourism after the App popped up online.

Facial recognition for admission (Photographed by Kong Qingyun)

Among these experience officers, there were 16 press officers from Lancang-Mekong countries and 15 international students from Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. Experience officers had a one-day trip in Stone Forest, experiencing “Travel in Yunnan with Cellphone” services including ticket purchase, facial recognition for admission, smart tour, and code scan for scenic spot recognition, etc., and used the App to solve the problems like “looking for toilet” and “plant recognition". Experience officers all said that this convenient and helpful App is worth trying. In addition, the natural beauty of Stone Forest and the unique charm of ethnic customs also gave these experience officers wonderful and unforgettable impression.

New experience of smart tourism (Photographed by Kong Qingyun)

A local man showed how to scan code for scenic spot recognition (Photographed by Kong Qingyun)

At the beginning of November when “Travel in Yunnan with Cellphone” has been online for a month, Tengyun Company and Yunnan Daily Group invited the news officials, journalists and students from Lancang-Mekong countries to thoroughly experience related functions of “Travel in Yunnan with Cellphone” App in smart scenic spot and hold “smart tour & new Lancang-Mekong scenery” offline salon to expand the App's brand influence and take the first step towards its internationalization. CCTV 2 journalist accompanied interview and recorded the smart construction of Stone Forest Scenic Area, promoting the achievement of smart tourism construction of Yunnan nationwide.

China intangible cultural heritage in Stone Forest - Sani Embroidery (Photographed by Kong Qingyun)

Learning Dasanxian Dance (Photographed by Wang Limei)