How to be a Chinese Tourist
We go on tour in Paris with the Chinese tour groups who have joined the notorious club of the world’s worst tourists
From setting fire to curtains inside an aeroplane cabin and hurling scalding noodles over a flight attendant to urinating in public places, Chinese tourists have gained a bad reputation.
One in 10 travellers worldwide is from China. Outside Asia, their destination of choice is France, where their museum visits and shopping for luxury labels account for a sizeable chunk of tourism profits.
Keep reading
list of 4 itemsPortrait by Gustav Klimt sells for $32m at Vienna auction
UK returns looted Ghana artefacts on loan after 150 years
Fire engulfs iconic stock exchange building in Denmark’s Copenhagen
Despite complaints from locals, officials in Paris want to double the number of Chinese visitors to five million a year.
101 East asks what it will take to turn the plane loads of first-time travellers from China into well-behaved sightseers.
Join the conversation @AJ101East