Chinese tourists told to mind their manners
Chinese vice premier Wang Yang has called on his nation’s tourists to improve their behaviour.
He reminded them that it was important to project a “good image of Chinese tourists,” reports Xinhua, China’s official media outlet.
Wang made the remarks during the launch of the country’s new Tourism Law.
The law, to take effect October 1, includes measures aimed at addressing issues like unfair competition, price hikes and forced goods purchases that Xinhua said plague the industry.
Wang also said it was important to develop the tourism sector into a key part of China’s economy.
Chinese outbound tourists are being targeted by destinations around the world.
In 2012 Chinese tourists were the world’s top spenders with a record US$102 billion spent on travel and accommodation.
TTR Daily says that with the growth has come a backlash against Chinese tourists in some sectors of the travel industry, particularly Hong Kong where clashes between locals and tourists on public transportation and in restaurants have been caught on video, and gone viral on the Internet.
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