China to keep track of its tourists' unruly behavior abroad

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China to keep track of its tourists' unruly behavior abroad

BEIJING (AP) — China says it will try to convince its citizens to behave themselves while traveling abroad by requiring authorities back home to keep records of people doing anything illegal or inappropriate while in other countries.

Provincial and national authorities will contact tourists when they return home and work with them on fixing their conduct, the China National Tourism Administration said on its website Monday. Police, customs officers, border control and even bank credit agencies should be contacted if necessary, it said.

Chinese tourists have made headlines recently with their disruptive behavior while traveling inside and outside the country. Several have opened the cabin doors of planes to protest flight delays. The official China Daily newspaper noted the arrests of three Chinese tourists over the weekend for taking lewd photos while vacationing in Japan.

Higher incomes have allowed millions of Chinese to start taking vacations outside their country in recent years.

The administration said Tuesday in a separate post that "tourism reflects on the country and the people's image," which means that more "social supervision" of tourists is required.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-04-07

[zydeco]

How many terabytes of memory do they have?

[bob4you]

Not likely to make a difference.

[Chicog]

I don't know, a few executions for littering should send a message.

[Credo]

It's not so much the laws that they break, but the simply unbelievable things they do. In a lot of countries these things aren't against the law because they are so outrageous nobody has done them before, at least not in public!

[eddie61]

lets start with potty training....

[laocowboy2]

It's not so much the laws that they break, but the simply unbelievable things they do. In a lot of countries these things aren't against the law because they are so outrageous nobody has done them before, at least not in public!

Essentially they are just doing what they do at home - which says a lot about China. Ditto British lager louts, Germans with sunbeds etc. The 'benefits' of mass tourism.

[rainman333]

they should create a middle school class called "proper civil etiquette" or something like that and make all students take and pass that class before graduating from school.

[steveyinasia]

How do you change ingrained behaviour overnight, for many Chinese they do not see their behaviours as being a problem. Rude, loud, pushy, dirty hygiene habits....these are all normal day events in China.

[Oziex1]

Although I have not witnessed the unruly behaviour of the Chinese tourists, thankfully.

Can it be worse than the old frumpy euro couple that seem to see no problem in disrobing at the beach in front of everyone.

What I saw was, undress change into swimming costume return from water undress change into casual wear, repeat for duration of stay at the beach.

[wabothai]

Latest from Holland: Chinese tourists taking a nap on Ikea's showroom beds.

Add to your list mr. Chinese government.

[Scott]

Latest from Holland: Chinese tourists taking a nap on Ikea's showroom beds.

Add to your list mr. Chinese government.

I think this is what you are referring to?

https://www.yahoo.com/makers/shut-down-the-shut-eye-ikea-reportedly-bans-115692349650.html

[mikiea]

It's not so much the laws that they break, but the simply unbelievable things they do. In a lot of countries these things aren't against the law because they are so outrageous nobody has done them before, at least not in public!

yea kinda like the chicom ambassadors using cargo planes to fly ivory back to china. tsk tsk tsk :-)