Is banning bad manners a good thing?

After many unpleasant incidents in recent years involving rude, unruly and sometimes illegal behavior by Chinese tourists at home and abroad, national tourism authorities have stepped up punishments aimed at curbing some bad acts and repairing the reputation of Chinese tourists.

The Tentative Regulations on the Management of Uncivilized Tourist Behavior, issued in 2015 by the National Tourism Bureau, is the first national-level legislation seeking to crack down on such behavior. It's also known as a "tourist blacklist". It claims to collect information on misbehaving tourists and share it with police, customs, banks and other authorities, which could impose penalties.

Locally, for example, the Shenzhen Travel Association has released its own municipal regulation, which took effect on April 1.