[00:07.68]Battle over Celebrity's Hometown
[00:11.79]In recent years,
[00:14.59]there have been reports about cities competing
[00:18.14]for ancient celebrities' hometown.
[00:20.81]There has also been report about several cities
[00:24.73]planning to construct scenic spots about the same celebrity
[00:29.46]and each calling itself the hometown of this celebrity
[00:33.75]before being universally recognized.
[00:36.74]One may ask why there are battles over celebrity's hometowns.
[00:42.58]Basically there are two reasons.
[00:45.76]The first and most important reason
[00:48.93]is that once a city is recognized as a celebrity's hometown,
[00:53.60]many more tourists will visit this city,
[00:56.96]thus promoting economic development in this place.
[01:01.19]The second reason is that being a celebrity's hometown
[01:05.67]usually helps to raise a city's nationwide recognition
[01:10.15]as well as earn this city more financial support.
[01:13.94]This can also help to accelerate economic development in this city.
[01:19.85]In my opinion,
[01:21.84]being recognized as a celebrity's hometown is certainly nice.
[01:26.82]However, there are also many other ways to develop cities
[01:32.06]besides competing for the celebrity's hometown.
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