Festival travelers warned to behave

Nine government agencies have issued a notice calling for punishment of people who misbehave on transportation during the Spring Festival travel rush.

The notice, issued by agencies including the National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Transport, said bad behavior includes a range of actions on roads, railways, urban transportation, passenger vessels and in civil aviation - from interfering with safe driving on buses to taking others' seats on high-speed trains or disrupting social order on an aircraft.

Offenders will be banned from rail or air travel for a period of time. According to the national credit information sharing platform, creditchina.gov.cn, 5,099 people have been banned from purchasing air tickets since June, with 1,604 banned from buying train tickets.