More cities offer digital services as they join the 'year of smart tourism'

Several cities in China have launched "smart tourism" projects, which feature integrated tourism resources and stronger interactivity between tourists and their destinations via the Internet.

The China National Tourism Administration marked this year "the year of smart tourism".

Jinan, the capital of Shandong province, was listed as one of the nation's first pilot smart cities in 2013. The local government made its smart city program two years before that and had already started to upgrade its management, marketing and tourism services.