Originally Posted By SuperDry "Now the National Tourism Administration [of China] is to launch a system ranking of badly behaved mainland tourists. Airline operators, hotels and tour agents will have access to the data so they can choose whether or not to do business with potential customers, chairman Li Jinzao was quoted as saying in a report by China National Radio." Do you suppose that SDL will participate in this program? <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1680426/uncivilised-chinese-travellers-be-ranked-levels-bad-behaviour-tourism">http://www.scmp.com/news/china...-tourism</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt >>Do you suppose that SDL will participate in this program?<< My first reaction was, no, that's silly. Then I read this: "Only last month 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." WTH??? So, yeah, they should at least consider it.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: It's amazing how terrible the behavior of some people can be around the world, is it not?
Originally Posted By SuperDry Here's another one for the books: "Mainlander bad-mouthed for drying underwear at Hong Kong Disneyland" <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://shanghaiist.com/2015/07/01/mainlander-bad-mouthed-drying-underwear-hong-kong-disneyland.php">http://shanghaiist.com/2015/07...land.php</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Wow, that's pretty good! There aren't even any water rides in the park, are there? So she either brought her wet laundry with her, or did a load somewhere in the park. Amazing!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I suppose she could have gotten wet at one of the water play areas like UFO Zone or the Liki Tikis. But still...
Originally Posted By dagobert Wow, I've read about these behaviours, but seeing it actually on pictures is on another level. I wonder how gisgusting it will be at SDL?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Given what I saw people do at other tourist sites in Mainland China, prepare yourself for anything. It was not an uncommon sight for a parent to hold their pantless child over a trash can while they did their business...other kids just went wherever they were. Although China did a great "training" campaign to introduce Western manners before the Beijing Olympics, I would be surprised if they were able to get similar results at SDL, which will be open far longer and attract people from all over the country, rather than just one city
Originally Posted By SuperDry It shall indeed be interesting, both from a crowd control standpoint (e.g. how the queues operate and parade viewing), and from a general manners standpoint. I would expect the opening of SDL to generate an enormous amount of international press attention, and the powers that be are going to be very much aware that any incident, such as underwear hung out to dry, or babies being tossed over the fence (as happened at HKDL and caught on camera) will be broadcast around the world. Then there was the New Year's Eve stampede in Shanghai that killed 36 people this year due to poor crowd control by the authorities. I suspect that both Disney and city officials will be be on highest alert, especially around the opening, to keep things orderly and under control no matter how many people show up.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Daily life and mores in Mainland China are so different from any other developed nation that there is bound to be a huge culture shock when Mainlanders face the more Westernized Hong Kong and Shanghai. I read a great and very humorous travelogue book titled "Lost on Planet China: One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation" written by J. Maarten Troost. <<Maarten Troost brings China to life as you’ve never seen it before, and his insightful, rip-roaringly funny narrative proves that once again he is one of the most entertaining and insightful armchair travel companions around.>> Surce: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Planet-China-Understand-Mystifying/dp/0767922018">http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Pla...67922018</a> I highly recommend it.
