Guangzhou, the Flower City, launched an AI-aided tourism platform, a promotional video, cultural tourism brochures, and fine performances on November 14, 2024, aiming to attract visitors from around the globe.
The promo video entitled "Welcome to Guangzhou" takes time as its axis, highlighting some of the city's most prominent features, such as flowers, Cantonese culture, lifestyle and food, as well as the green environment and rich entertainment.
The city's cultural and tourism brochures also focus on flowers, showcasing the city's beautiful scenery, fashionable trends, cultural heritages, red tourism, rural beauty, and food paradise.
The AI-aided tourism platform includes five major functions: real-time inquiries, intelligent recommendations, convenient transactions, interactive experiences, and centralized display. It has introduced MeiTuan (food delivery company), Ly.com (travel platform), GAG Group (car company), and others as technical collaborative partners, offering a "Cultural Tourism E-Key Pass" for appointments, travel, and accommodation at one click.
Users can follow the official WeChat account of the Guangzhou Municipal Culture, Radio, Television, and Tourism Bureau (广州市文化广电旅游局), and click on "AI Tour Guangzhou" (AI游广州) at the bottom to use this platform, which has language translation for a barrier-free experience.
By clicking "schedule (行程预订)," users can automatically generate personalized travel plans, and by clicking "AI Tour Guangzhou (AI游广州)," you can make personalized requests and use precise tourism services; by clicking "flower city imprint (花城印迹)," you can also experience AR Guangzhou and AIGC creation. In the future, AI Tour Guangzhou will further develop a business travel service platform for foreign tourists.
Starting from November, Guangzhou will launch nearly 200 wonderful stage performances in various performing arts venues and new performance spaces, with performances such as comedy shows, musicals, immersive performances, and live concerts.
At the same time, you can't miss out on the 9th Cantonese Opera Festival, which will present activities such as flash mob events and traditional art performances in business districts and on the streets, allowing everyone to participate and personally feel the charm of Cantonese Opera.
Additionally, the Guangzhou Opera House will stage both domestic and international fine plays, such as the English version of the musical "The Phantom of the Opera," the French original musical "Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris," the large-scale dance drama "The Flowers of War" (famous Chinese film), and the 2025 New Year's Concert.