Most overrated and underrated country in Asia

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by Greysholic

Where did you get the statistics? China usually gets like 40 to 50 million tourists annually (not including HKers and Macanese).

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/tou...cs/inbound.htm

[Greysholic]

Originally Posted by Davy-040

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/tou...cs/inbound.htm

Weird. In 2015 only 3.4 million Taiwanese people went to China, not 5.

[Bettafish]

Originally Posted by AFP

Okay cool. But I've seen multiple posts on the Asia forum that label cities tier 1, tier 2, tier 3 etc. What is the criteria for these classifications? Is this criteria standardized for all countries? To my knowledge these classifications aren't discussed in North America or Europe. Is there a reliable link I can look it up on?

Yes this term is used frequently in China, although it is not official.

Tier 1: Beijing, Shanghai, sometimes including Guangzhou and Shenzhen. 10+ million urban population, high GDP.

Tier 2: Other major cities: Tianjin, Chongqing, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Qingdao and so on. about 3~10 million urban population. relatively high GDP, less global influence than tier 1.

Tier 3: Medium-sized cities, including smaller provincial capitals. usually 1~3 million urban population.
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Hong Kong is usually not classified because it is not comparable with mainland cities, otherwise tier 1.