[General] I think there are more foreigners know....(25 words)

[Silverobama]

Hi.

I was chatting with someone in a group conversation. She mentioned that her hometown Gansu is very famous because many foreigners going there to explore the places. I said Tuwan (a place in Chongqing) is more popular. This was a conversation talking about tourism and cities. During the conversation, someone said "Chongqing is a celebrity city". I think this is not natural. What he wanted to say is that "(1) Chongqing is a city famous for its many tourist attractions". And when chatting about the popularity between the two places (Gansu and Tuwan), I said "(2) I think there are more foreigners who know about Tuwan than they do about Gansu." Are my two numbered italic sentences natural?

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi.

I was chatting with someone in a group conversation. She mentioned that her hometown Gansu is very famous because many foreigners [STRIKE]going[/STRIKE] go there to explore. [STRIKE]the places.[/STRIKE] I said that Tuwan (a place in Chongqing) is more popular.

This was a conversation [STRIKE]talking[/STRIKE] about tourism and cities. During the conversation, someone said "Chongqing is a celebrity city". I think this is not natural. What he wanted to say is that "(1) Chongqing is a city famous for its many tourist attractions".

And when chatting about the popularity between the two places (Gansu and Tuwan), I said "(2) I think [STRIKE]there are[/STRIKE] more foreigners [STRIKE]who[/STRIKE] know about Tuwan than [STRIKE]they do[/STRIKE] about Gansu."

Are my two numbered italic sentences natural?

See above. I agree that "Chongqing is a celebrity city" is not natural. It makes it sound as if lots of celebrities (famous people) live there.