16 October 2026
The trip has to be bookable
Why Kunming can look cheaper in a briefing and still sit off the top of our value list.
Cost briefings are right to show inland cities below Shanghai. We still keep Chengdu above a smaller cheap city when flights, hotels that take foreign guests, and onward trains are clearly easier.
If you already know the smaller city, ignore us. The list is for a person choosing from the famous set.
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