According to Business Insider, which one of the following was the most popular tourist location in 2014?
Correct answer: Hong Kong, China
Timoteo
Hong Kong gets its name from the Cantonese phrase "heung goņg" which means "fragrant harbor". This appellation came about back in Hong Kong's early days in the spice trade when the boats would unload their cargo and the smell of the spices would fill the air.
Republic of China
Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.[18] The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898.[19][20] British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after the surrender of Japan.[21] The whole territory was transferred to China in 1997.[22] As one of China's two special administrative regions (the other being Macau), Hong Kong maintains separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China under the principle of "one country, two systems".[23][f]
Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages,[18][24] the territory has become one of the world's most significant financial centres and commercial ports.[25] It is the world's tenth-largest exporter and ninth-largest importer.[26][27] Hong Kong has a market economy characterised by a focus on services, low taxation and free trade; its currency, the Hong Kong dollar, is the eighth most traded currency in the world.[28] Hong Kong is home to the third-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world,[29] the second-highest number of billionaires of any city in Asia, and the largest concentration of ultra high-net-worth individuals of any city in the
TimboATFC2018
Been to HK twice, thoroughly recommend
Player #5494417
Hong Kong is the best
Destino Manifesto
Bucket list item indeed! 😁