4 Chinese tourists in Bangkok on 'bad behavior list'

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4 Chinese tourists in Bangkok on 'bad behavior list'

CRI, September 12, 2015

Four Chinese tourists, who allegedly started the outrage at the airport in Bangkok on September 4th, were listed as misbehaving tourists by China National Tourism Administration, as reported by the Beijing Times on Saturday.

The story started from a viral video showing a group of Chinese travelers staging a protest this past week at the main airport in Bangkok, Thailand.

The video shows a group of over 250 tourists demanding compensation and an apology from airport officials after it was announced their return flight from Bangkok to Chongqing was going to be delayed by around 9 hours because of bad weather and other technical issues.

This reportedly sent the crowd into fury, with demands of a thousand yuan for each in compensation, as well as apologies.

The spectacle at the Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok is being held up as another example of Chinese tourists acting-out while abroad.

China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) has instructed Chongqing Municipal Tourism Administration to carry out investigation after September 5th when the incident happened.

The investigation showed that four tourists had seriously bad behavior, which is regarded as a disgrace to Chinese people's image overseas. The four have thus been listed onto a "record for misbehaving tourists" for the next two or three years, which may potentially influence their travelling and bank credit.

 

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China names and shames four 'hysterical' tourists who sang national anthem at Bangkok airport amid flight delay

PUBLISHED : Saturday, 12 September, 2015, 2:43pm
UPDATED : Saturday, 12 September, 2015, 2:43pm

Associated Press in Beijing

There was hooting, shouts and general chaos in the departure lounge. Photo: Youku

Chinese authorities have named and shamed four travelers over an incident at Bangkok’s airport in which they vented their frustration by belting out the Chinese national anthem.

The four were part of a group of Chinese tourists whose flight home had been delayed by eight hours until 3:00 a.m.

When the plane arrived, they refused to board until their compensation demands were met, then broke into the national anthem amid hooting, shouts and general chaos in the departure lounge.

A 57-second clip of the incident recorded on a mobile phone circulated widely on the internet in China, prompting an investigation by the China National Tourism Administration, which said Saturday it had added their names to its list of those accused of “uncivilised behaviour.”

The four “incited other travelers to disrespect public order in the airport, spoke and acted hysterically, seriously harmed the image of Chinese travelers abroad,” the administration said in a statement. Their names will remain on the list for between two and three years.

While inclusion doesn’t ban them from flying, the list can be checked by airlines and travel agencies, who then have the option of refusing them service. The list is public and can also be viewed by police, customs and border security agents, banks and others issuing credit.

Numerous incidents of bad behaviour by Chinese tourists abroad, from fighting with air crews to defacing cultural artifacts, have drawn widespread derision in China. That prompted the administration last year to create the list, which now contains 11 names.

Others named and shamed have included a couple who poured instant noodles soaked in hot water onto flight attendant and made insults and threats in a dispute over seating. Another opened emergency doors on a domestic flight during a delay and still another had climbed onto statues of revolutionary heroes to have his photo taken.

Rising incomes and cheap flights have permitted record numbers of Chinese to travel domestically and abroad, touring scenic and cultural spots around the world. Among other complaints are line-cutting, smoking in public, littering and fouling public toilets.

 

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