The 15th Beijing Dialogue on China Tourism Development - Guangzhou Forum was held on December 15.

A series of lists were announced at the forum. Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Hangzhou and etc were listed in "Top 20 China's Best Tourist Destinations" (Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan not included), while Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Foshan and etc were listed in "Top 20 China's Most Valuable Tourist Destinations".

Zhongshan was among the top 20 most valuable tourist destinations and took the 13th place in the ranking.