New | ‘Sex capital' Dongguan among top three most romantic cities in China, says Amazon survey
Survey based on Amazon's online sales of romantic items finds China's south more amorous than the north and ranks Foshan, Ningbo and Dongguan as top three hot spots for love
Foshan, Ningbo and Dongguan are the mainland’s most romantic cities, according to a list compiled by Amazon China based on its nationwide sales results.
Changsha, Wuxi, Kunming, Chongqing, Chengdu, Shenyang and Dalian completed the top 10 beating out Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, which ranked 13th, 19th and 22nd respectively.
The online retailer compiled its first list of China’s most romantic cities based on 2013 sales of love, wedding, romance and idol-themed books, e-books and CDs, Xinhua reported on Thursday.
The south is more romantic than the north and smaller cities and more amorous than northern counterparts, according the study results.
Contrary to the stereotype that southerners are more refined while northerners are more passionate, 60 per cent of the top 30 cities were in the south and the two northern cities in the top 10 were both in Liaoning province – Shenyang and Dalian.
Eighty per cent of the cities had populations of between 6 and 8 million and none exceeded 10 million.