Report on World Tourism Economy Trends (2018) Excerpt -14 Cloud computing will propel digital management and digital marketing of tourism industry

Cloud computing is the Internet-based mode for increase, use and delivery of related service and usually involves the provision of dynamic, scalable and usually virtual resources through the Internet.

Report on World Tourism Economy Trends (2018) Excerpt -13 IoT technology will change the service flow and discourse structure of tourism industry

IoT is an important part of new-generation information technologies and also an important stage of the “informatization” time.

Report on World Tourism Economy Trends (2018) Excerpt -12 GIS technology promote scientific tourism decision

The GIS (Geographic Information System) is a spatial information system that collects, stores, manages, analyzes and expresses the information related to space and geography for the entire or part of the earth surface with the support from computer software and hardware.

Report on World Tourism Economy Trends (2018) Excerpt -11 New energy revolution will effectively support sustainable development of tourism industry

Low-carbon clean energy technologies based on solar energy, wind energy, biological energy, geothermal energy and other distributed energy sources will vest the human society with an unlimited huge energy warehouse.

Report on World Tourism Economy Trends (2018) Excerpt -10 Human-computer interaction techniques will influence development of tourism industry in six aspects

The human-computer interaction techniques (HCI) mean combining the human body and the computer with input and output equipment through touch control technology, wearable equipment, motion sensing or noninvasive neural interface technology to realize the manipulation and dialog between the human and the computer.

Report on World Tourism Economy Trends (2018) Excerpt -9 Blockchain reshapes the payment system, credit system and service system of tourism industry

A blockchain is a permanent record that allows no reverse modification by superimposing encrypted data (block) based on time sequence (chain).