No more ugly Chinese tourists, please

An AirAsia flight from Bangkok to Nanjing, Jiangsu province, wasforcedto return to the Thai capital on Thursday night after an unruly Chinese passenger threw a cup ofAn AirAsia flight from Bangkok to Nanjing, Jiangsu province, was forced to return to the Thai capital on Thursday night after an unruly Chinese passenger threw a cup of hot water at a flight attendant. This is not the first time that some Chinese passengers have exposed their ugly side on international flights. And this is not the first time that a handful of "ugly" tourists have given Chinese travelers a bad name.

Over the weekend, the National Tourism Administration said the four young Chinese passengers had been fined and will have bad credit record on the provincial tourism association. It's quite necessary for the authorities to put the "badly behaving" tourists on the "unwelcome list" from now on.

According to other passengers on the flight, two young men and two young women first demanded that the flight attendant make arrangements for them to sit together, later asked for hot water. After failing to get receipt for the water, a woman poured hot water at the attendant. Worse, one of the men threatened to "blow off" the plane, forcing the pilot to return to Bangkok.

But that was not the end of the "ugly" drama. When the four passengers eventually landed in Nanjing on Saturday night, they threatened to beat up airport employees after failing to get AirAsia to "clear their names", which led to the delay of a domestic flight. Irrespective of whether they were wronged or not on the AirAsia flight, the four passengers had no right to use force against the flight attendant and put public security in jeopardy.

The four passengers have dealt another blow to Chinese tourists' image, even though most of the Chinese tourists are well behaved and courteous. In fact, many other Chinese passengers on the AirAsia flight have criticized the quartet for their arrogant and violent behavior.