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China Blacklists Four Citizens for Bad Behavior at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport
![''They were scheduled to take a flight by Orient Thai Airlines, but the fight was delayed and the [Chinese] tourists were quite discontented,'' said a woman airport worker, according to a report published in the South China Morning Post](https://chiangraitimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/481878.jpg "China Blacklists Four Citizens For Bad Behavior At Bangkok'S Don Mueang Airport 1")
”They were scheduled to take a flight by Orient Thai Airlines, but the fight was delayed and the [Chinese] tourists were quite discontented,” said a woman airport worker, according to a report published in the South China Morning Post
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BEIJING – China’s National Tourism Administration (CNTA) said Friday, that four poorly behaved Chinese tourists were punished and blacklisted on the record of “uncivilized tourists’ behaviors.”
According to the administration, a flight delay at Bangkok’s Don Mueang airport earlier this month led to dissatisfaction and uproar among Chinese tourists.
The four blacklisted tourists behaved particularly badly, inciting other tourists to disobey public order at the airport, which severely tarnished the image of Chinese people, it said.
Chinese tourists behaving badly on a flight from Bangkok, who left a stewardess (right) in tears in 2014
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The four tourists came from Chongqing and Chengdu in southwest China. They will stay on the “bad behavior record” blacklist for two to three years, the CNTA said.
The incident led to criticism on Chinese social media.
The “bad behavior record” was first introduced by the CNTA in March this year amid growing concerns about the bad manners of some Chinese tourists both at home and abroad.
It remains unclear how the “blacklist” status will affect the offenders, but experts say the rule functions more as a warning. These tourists will likely face more restrictions when they sign up for group tours or seek lodging in hotels.
CNTA also vowed to investigate bad behavior involving Chinese tourists and punish offenders.
Outbound tourism is booming in China thanks to rising disposable income, with roughly 97.3 million passengers traveling overseas in 2013, according to official statistics.
In 2014, the number of Chinese tourists traveling abroad increased by 19.5 percent year on year to 109 million, nearly 13 times the level in 1998, topping the 100-million threshold for the first time, according to NTA data.
However, stories of public vandalism by tourists abound and have embarrassed China.
In 2014, four Chinese passengers grabbed headlines for causing chaos on a Thai budget flight, forcing the aircraft to return to Thailand.
State media branded a group of mainland airline passengers “barbarians” after they scalded a Thai stewardess with hot water and noodles and threatened to blow up the plane during a flight from Bangkok to Nanjing.
By Xiang Bo – Xinhua
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