China to document its tourists behaving badly

[Azizam]

(Reuters) - China will keep records of "uncivilised" behaviour by its tourists for up to two years, the country's tourism agency said on Tuesday, to combat a spate of incidents abroad in recent years which it said reflected badly on the country's image.

Bad behaviour included violating customs, destroying public infrastructure and historic sites, causing disturbances on public transport and participating in gambling and prostitution, the agency said.

"China's image has already been tarnished," the China National Tourism Administration said on its website.

The actions of badly behaved tourists has caused many people to "blush with shame" and people who behaved badly overseas needed to "learn a lesson", it added. It did not specify the nature of any punishment.

Regulators would hunt out bad behaviour through tips from local tourism bureaus, media reports and the general public.

In 2013, a Chinese student sparked an outcry in Egypt after scratching his name on the wall of an ancient temple in Luxor, while a mainland couple drew ire in Hong Kong for allowing their two-year-old child to defecate on a sidewalk. [ID:nL3N0UV2JG]

Thai authorities issued thousands of Chinese-language etiquette manuals in February after Chinese tourists were caught drying underwear at a temple, kicking a bell at a sacred shrine and washing their feet in a public restroom. [ID:nL3N0WP2YZ]

Overseas travel has boomed in recent years among increasingly affluent Chinese, who have become the world's biggest spenders on travel since 2012, according to the U.N. World Tourism Organisation.


China to document its tourists behaving badly| Reuters

 

[SipahSalar]

I hear that Americans make the worst tourists, is there any credence to the rumors?

 

[AndrewJin]

Good move, and reiterate Confucius value of 礼

 

[Azizam]

I hear that Americans make the worst tourists, is there any credence to the rumors?

It's a good move. All countries should do it.

 

[TheTruth]

I hear that Americans make the worst tourists, is there any credence to the rumors?

They do some pretty awful things overseas but are good at hiding it.

 

[Jlaw]

They do some pretty awful things overseas but are good at hiding it.

True. You should see all the shameful things tourists do in China; urinating and defecating by the Great Wall; etching their names on the Great wall, etc., haggling like a Chinese when you're not Chinese, generally acting in a retarded uncivilize way that really wish ww3 would be just around the corner.

 

[livingdead]

I hear that Americans make the worst tourists, is there any credence to the rumors?

thats a lie .. thats not even a rumour.
israelis have that reputation but then different people have different stories

 

[milvipes]

I hear that Americans make the worst tourists, is there any credence to the rumors?

That honor goes to the French. While the French I've met in Mexico are quite civil, they do agree that many of their compatriots are a-holes thru & thru.

 

[JF-17-PAF]

True. You should see all the shameful things tourists do in China; urinating and defecating by the Great Wall; etching their names on the Great wall, etc., haggling like a Chinese when you're not Chinese, generally acting in a retarded uncivilize way that really wish ww3 would be just around the corner.

When I visited China a few years back when went to the Great Wall, I notice this also. I also notice that the security at the Great Wall is weak, or non-existent at all.

 

[AndrewJin]

When I visited China a few years back when went to the Great Wall, I notice this also. I also notice that the security at the Great Wall is weak, or non-existent at all.

One funny thing is, when I traveled in Shanghai, we waited for green light at the crossing. The only one who crossed the street against traffic light were a group of westerners, from their accent, apparently Americans (perhaps Canadians, I couldn't tell their difference)