Meals and supplies can be delivered point-to-point! Beijing opens its first drone delivery route
2024-08-16
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Tourists climb up the Great Wall, scan the code to place an order, merchants at the foot of the mountain prepare the goods, and drones take off. In as fast as 5 minutes, sour plum soup, ice cream, sunscreen umbrellas, emergency medicines and other goods from the foot of the mountain are delivered to the tourists on the Great Wall. On August 16, Meituan drones jointly launched the Badaling Great WallBeijing's first drone delivery route launchedThrough this "air corridor", meals and supplies can be delivered point-to-point.
On August 16, the Badaling Great Wall opened Beijing’s first drone delivery route. The reporter learned that this delivery route is the first time that Beijing has launched a regular drone delivery service.The take-off point is located at the Badaling Hotel in the Badaling Great Wall Scenic Area, and the landing point is located on the ninth floor of the southern extension of the Badaling Great Wall South City. It will be open to the public at the end of 2023.Unlike the previously open Badaling Great Wall, which has a complete architectural form, this section of the Great Wall has been left in its original state after eliminating dangers and damage. In order to preserve the original appearance of the Great Wall to the greatest extent, there are no commercial facilities here, but this also means that visitors here need to walk for at least half an hour to replenish drinking water and other supplies.
After the drone delivery service is launched, tourists on the Great Wall can place orders for food and drinks immediately, and the platform staff will assist tourists in picking up the food at the drone landing point.Drones can also help tourists near the landing point deliver urgently needed sun umbrellas, cooling patches and other anti-heat and cooling supplies.The reporter noticed that a small emergency first aid kit was added at the take-off point to "airdrop" disinfectant, light salt water, anti-sickness medicine, etc. to tourists in need.
After the end of each day's operating hours, the drone will transform from a "porter" to a "sanitation worker", assisting scenic area operation and maintenance personnel in transporting nearby waste to designated recycling locations, alleviating the daily transportation pressure on staff during the scorching heat.
"Safety, convenience and efficiency are the typical characteristics of drone delivery. In complex natural environments such as the Great Wall, the value is particularly prominent." According to relevant officials in Yanqing, in October 2020,Yanqing District was approved as the first batch of "Civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Test Zone" by the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the only one in Beijing, with 374 square kilometers of independent airspace and a true altitude of 1,098 meters. At present, Yanqing has made drones one of the four major industries that the region focuses on cultivating.
The reporter learned that the launch of the airdrop service on the Badaling Great Wall is the first time that Meituan UAV has launched a regular drone delivery service in Beijing. At present, the platform's airdrop service has covered the four first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, with a total of more than 30 routes opened and more than 300,000 orders completed.
Industry experts believe thatThe combination of low-altitude economy and scenic spot scenes is to integrate technological innovation means represented by drone delivery into the transformation and upgrading of the cultural and tourism industry, so as to cater to the increasingly diversified and high-quality cultural and tourism consumption needs of the current market.Effectively helping the tourism industry improve its quality and efficiency through technological innovation will also further stimulate market consumption potential.
