AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year
People's Republic of China in AI travel recommendations
country · overall rank 84 of 233 · rank 56 among country destinations
AI models put People's Republic of China in their top 10 recommendations in 2.0% of answers, rank 84 overall. It does best when the question specifies climate as mild weather: 5.9%, +3.9 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores +1.0 point against web search off.
The score is the share of answers that recommend People's Republic of China in their top 10, averaged model by model and then platform by platform, so each platform counts equally.
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By platform
| Platform | Score |
|---|---|
| Claude | 2.3% |
| ChatGPT | 0.2% |
| Gemini | 2.0% |
| Grok | 3.6% |
By model
| Model | Score |
|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5 | 1.6% |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | 4.0% |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1.2% |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | 0.4% |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | 0.0% |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | 2.0% |
| Grok 4.6 | 3.6% |
Web search and effort
People's Republic of China · Edition 1, 2027 travel year
Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers
People's Republic of China with web search on and off, and at each model's lowest and normal effort setting.
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| Setting | Search on / normal effort | Search off / lowest effort |
|---|---|---|
| Web search on vs off | 2.5% | 1.5% |
| Normal vs lowest effort | 2.0% | 2.0% |
The baseline question, "Where should I go in 2027?", was asked 5 times of each model at each setting. People's Republic of China made the top 10 at least once for 4 of those 28 model-and-setting combinations, and where it did, it came back in 20.0% of the repeats on average.
By kind of question
How much higher or lower the score is on questions that ask for each option, in percentage points against the overall score. Outlined cells are below the overall score.
Climate
| Mild Weather | Low Rain | |
|---|---|---|
| Change | +3.9 | −2.0 |
Travel style
| Cultural | Exotic | |
|---|---|---|
| Change | +2.3 | −1.6 |
How it's asked
| The plain question | Where should I go? | |
|---|---|---|
| Change | +1.3 | −0.1 |
Season
| Fall | Summer | Spring | Winter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change | −0.6 | −1.2 | −2.0 | −2.0 |
Trip length
| One week | Two weeks | |
|---|---|---|
| Change | −1.0 | −1.2 |
Transport
| Requires a flight | At most two connections | |
|---|---|---|
| Change | −1.3 | −2.0 |
How the models wrote the name
| Name | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Beijing | 16 |
| Kunming | 13 |
| Hong Kong | 10 |
| Guilin and Yangshuo | 4 |
| Jiuzhaigou Valley | 3 |
| Xi'an | 3 |
| China | 2 |
| Xi'an & Shanghai | 2 |
| Changchun | 1 |
| Chengdu | 1 |
| Guangxi | 1 |
| Harbin | 1 |
| Jiuzhaigou National Park | 1 |
| Taklamakan Desert region (Kashgar) | 1 |
| Xi’an and Beijing | 1 |