BEIJING: China has started work on a national database to help rein in some of its unruly sightseers and monitor the behaviour of habitual offenders, state media said, after some instances of graceless conduct brought its tourists unwanted notoriety.
Chinese tourists overtook Americans and Germans as the world’s top-spending travelers in 2013, the World Tourism Organization says, but questionable behaviour has given offence in some countries, making them unwelcome.
In 2013, a Chinese school student scrawled his name on the wall of an ancient temple in Luxor, causing outrage in Egypt.