Outbound Chinese Tourists Urged to Mind Manners

　　Chinese tourism industry leaders have launched a new campaign to put an end to the sometimes-vulgar behavior of Chinese nationals traveling abroad.

 

　　Yu Ningning is the general manager of China International Travel Service.

 

　　"With this initiative, I hope we can convince more people in this country to honor good manners and renounce¹ bad behavior."

 

　　The campaign comes amid several scandals which have sparked widespread anger against irresponsible Chinese tourists.

 

　　In May, a Chinese teenager left graffiti on an ancient Egyptian temple, drawing ire in both Egypt and China.

 

　　In September of last year, a Swiss International Airlines plane from Zurich to Beijing was forced to turn back after two Chinese passengers became embroiled² in a fight onboard.

 

　　These incidents have prompted the tourism administration to issue new guidelines, which describe acts like littering, vandalism, speaking loudly in public, and not respecting local customs as "particularly vulgar".

 

　　The central authorities have also ordered better public education and supervision³ to increase tourist behavior and public ethics⁴.

 

　　More than 83 million Chinese people traveled abroad last year.

 

　　This is 8-times as many as 2000.

 

　　The total spending by outbound Chinese tourists hit 98 billion U.S. dollars last year.

1 renounce   

v.放弃；拒绝承认，宣布与…断绝关系

参考例句：

• She decided to renounce the world and enter a convent.她决定弃绝尘世去当修女。
• It was painful for him to renounce his son.宣布与儿子脱离关系对他来说是很痛苦的。

2 embroiled   

adj.卷入的；纠缠不清的

参考例句：

• He became embroiled in a dispute with his neighbours. 他与邻居们发生了争执。
• John and Peter were quarrelling, but Mary refused to get embroiled. 约翰和彼得在争吵，但玛丽不愿卷入。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

4 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。