China Distributes Manuals To Make Chinese Tourists Less Embarassing
Remember all those reports about Chinese tourists doing terrible things while on holiday, which include vandalizing ancient pyramids and posing next to dead dolphins?
In light of all this negative publicity, China’s National Tourism Administration has decided to release a 64-page guidebook that aims to project a “good image of Chinese tourists.”
Most of the rules in the new guidebook were regional restrictions encouraging tourists to "respect local customs." But some of these inclusions come across as more bizarre than helpful:
Discuss the royal family in Thailand
Touch people's belongings in Nepal with the foot
Ask for pork in Islamic countries
Call Africans "Negroes" or "black"
Use the left hand to touch other people in India
In general, touch antiques or draw graffiti on heritage structures
Expose the chest or back, or look dirty in public areas
Eat a whole piece of bread in one mouthful or slurp noodles noisily inside an aircraft
Keep quiet when waiting to board a plane
Keep mobile phones turned off until the aircraft has come to a complete stop
Be punctual if taking part in a tour group
Arrive at a banquet hall 15 minutes early and adhere to a formal dress code
In light of all this negative publicity, China’s National Tourism Administration has decided to release a 64-page guidebook that aims to project a “good image of Chinese tourists.”
Most of the rules in the new guidebook were regional restrictions encouraging tourists to "respect local customs." But some of these inclusions come across as more bizarre than helpful:
Do not
Give a handkerchief in Italy as a gift because it is deemed inauspiciousDiscuss the royal family in Thailand
Touch people's belongings in Nepal with the foot
Ask for pork in Islamic countries
Call Africans "Negroes" or "black"
Use the left hand to touch other people in India
In general, touch antiques or draw graffiti on heritage structures
Expose the chest or back, or look dirty in public areas
Eat a whole piece of bread in one mouthful or slurp noodles noisily inside an aircraft
Do
Use shower curtains in a hotelKeep quiet when waiting to board a plane
Keep mobile phones turned off until the aircraft has come to a complete stop
Be punctual if taking part in a tour group
Arrive at a banquet hall 15 minutes early and adhere to a formal dress code
