A visitor experiences virtual reality and augmented reality equipment during the expo. [Photo/Guangzhou Daily]

The 2020 World Culture and Tourism Industry Expo was held in the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou from Aug 3 to 5. 

The expo offered a wide stage for cultural tourism companies to showcase their products, helping them overcome development difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the first professional expo on the visual intelligence industry held in China this year, the expo showcased companies managing new technologies, spanning multimedia applications, film and television creation, holographic display systems and artificial intelligence exhibitions, breaking a record for the variety of companies.

Visitors are attracted to the expo’s cutting-edge exhibits. [Photo/Guangzhou Daily]

This year's expo was divided into sectors like landscape cultural tourism and digital cultural tourism. 

The landscape cultural tourism sector was themed around areas like theme parks, residential equipment, garden landscape, flowers, forestry equipment, garden machinery, gardening tools, and simulation plants, while the digital cultural tourism sector focused on visual intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, and digital displays.