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Two Chinese nationals were killed when a tour bus, driven by a man with no driving licence, overturned while travelling downhill from Genting Highlands on June 29, reported New Straits Times (NST). The tour bus was carrying 21 people – 18 Chinese tourists and three Malaysians – when the accident occurred at about 10.40am. Pahang Fire and Rescue Department director Wan Mohamad Zaidi Wan Isa told The Star that both male victims suffered head injuries, and their bodies were taken to Bentong Hospital. The department’s deputy director of operations Ismail Abdul Ghani said that the two victims were trapped in the vehicle, while the other passengers managed to exit the vehicle with light injuries, NST reported. Gaming giant Genting Malaysia, which runs an integrated resort in Genting Highlands, said in a statement that the tour bus, which was ferrying Chinese tourists from Yunnan, was owned by a third-party operator. The 32-year-old bus driver was driving without a licence, said the Bentong district police chief, Superintendent Zaiham Mohd Kahar, adding that the man had been issued 27 traffic summonses. The latest accident was a “stark reminder of the persistent road safety issues” facing Malaysia, said Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, chairman of the Alliance for a Safe Community. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/two-chinese-tourists-dead-after-tour-bus-overturns-in-genting-highlands

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"https://www.youtube.com/embed/9s--3Oq7XLA" Look at the behaviour of these PRC tourists having buffet at a restaurant in Bangkok. Down right disgrace. 醜 陋 的 中 國 人， 修 养零蛋 .

Saw this article Mar 16 http://travel.asiaone.com/article/news/what-some-sporeans-do-when-travelling-overseas By Chai Hung Yin The New Paper | Mon, Mar 16 2015 Chinese tourists, who have been making headlines for poor behaviour abroad, are not the only badly behaved travellers. Singaporeans sometimes don't fare much better. Here are some anecdotes from Singaporeans serving Singaporeans travellers. COMPLAINT KING (READ: DEMANDING AND FUSSY) Singaporeans are among those who are the hardest to please when it comes to food, says Mr John Tan, 50, a tour leader, and tour guide. "They even expect the overseas chef to whip up local dishes like fried beehoon," says Mr Tan. Singaporeans also demand cheap stuff but then complain about the poor quality, he adds. "They do not understand that it is 'yi fen qian, yi fen huo' (the quality of the product depends on the price)." BADLY BEHAVED KIDS A child, aged five, refused to have his seat belt fastened and his parents did nothing on a flight from Jakarta. An air steward who wanted to be known only as Jude recalls: "The child wasn't sick, just naughty. Yet the parents still accommodated the kid's antics." Just before the flight landed, the father stood up with the child in his arms to pacify him. Jude says: "It was very dangerous. I shouted at the top of my voice for him to sit down. He had a shock and thankfully sat down (with the kid)." AIRPLANE FRACAS A group of Singaporeans on a tour to an East Asian country chatted loudly on a red-eye flight. It prompted a passenger trying to get some shut-eye to throw water on the group. The water fell on a teenager and escalated into a fracas when the girl's father stood up and grabbed the neck of the passenger, says tour guide Simon Lim. When the plane landed, the airport police were waiting for them. The tour group was held up while Mr Lim tried to mediate between the feuding parties. HELLO RABID KITTY FANS In June 2013, a Singaporean couple wrecked a Hello Kitty-themed one-room apartment in Taipei when they were there for a holiday. They even refused to return the apartment keys and returned days later to steal snacks, a limited edition Hello Kitty hair dryer and toys. The owner of the property estimated that the damage caused by the couple was about NT$30,000 (S$1,315). WHY TIP? A woman in her 50s told freelance tour leader Vincent Ng at the start of a tour in Egypt: "Make sure your service is really good. Otherwise I'll deduct $2 a day (from his tips)." Mr Ng, 50, ended up serving her hand and foot, going as far as holding the woman's hands when she was walking across a bridge or riding a horse. She was pleased at first, but changed her tack when it came to their last meal. She grumbled about "eating in a Chinese restaurant in Egypt". Mr Ng eventually forked out US$60 (S$85) of his own money on room service for her. Yet she still wasn't happy when he collected service fees from the tour group, and relented only when others chided her for not wanting to pay. RELUCTANT BAG STOWER A plane nearly turned back after a woman in her mid 30s refused to stow her cabin luggage: Not in the overhead compartment, nor underneath the seat in front of her. Says Jude, who works for a no-frills airline "She was five seconds away from being off-loaded." She finally gave in after much cajoling from the crew. When they arrived at their destination, she went up to Jude's colleagues and threatened: "Don't you know who I am? I'm the Complaint Queen." How ironic.. Comments

From CNA: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eco...1195857/1/.html Chinese tourists are world's biggest spenders By Yvonne Chan | Posted: 17 April 2012 2248 hrs SINGAPORE: Chinese tourists came out tops again as the world's biggest tax free shoppers in 2011. And they continue to represent the fastest growing group in tax free spending globally, according to the latest intelligence data by financial services company Global Blue. Chinese tourists are welcomed in stores around the world as they generate the biggest tax-free shopping sales globally. Last year, they chalked up more than S$3 billion in tax free shopping transactions. Chinese tourists also represented the highest growth in tax free spending globally year-to-date at 57 per cent, followed by Switzerland with 37 per cent and Taiwan with 34 per cent. Each Chinese shopper's tax-free average spend amounted to more than S$1,341 per person, which is much higher than their Japanese (S$877) and Russian (S$594) counterparts. Singapore also turned out to be their top destination for buying luxury watches and jewellery, with each spending an average of S$8,757 in Singapore, compared to S$7,221 in Italy and S$3,127 in Germany. But that's not all that China tourists spend on. Ravi Thakran, group president of South and Southeast Asia & Middle East at LVMH, said: "The largest business for us in Singapore is the duty free shoppers. We had a PRC customer buying a single bottle of a 62-year-old Dalmore st Claire for S$250,000. This is the highest price paid for a single bottle of whiskey anywhere in the world in a duty free environment. And I'm told that those guys wanted to have their glasses and drink it too. That's the PRC customer for you. Often, we have these customers in our stores and they are certainly now making the highest transaction value per person." Despite the weak economic data and a possible move by the Chinese government to lower import taxes on luxury goods, experts say the spending power of the Chinese shopper remains resilient. Manelik Sfez, vice president of Global Marketing at Global Blue SA, said: "All brands will be able to handle a lower growth base of Chinese travelers because that is the problem today, it's growing so fast. There's so much more people every day to serve so if it were a bit lesser, that wouldn't be a problem. He added: "Their average spending is growing and if they remain at the same level, that would still be more than okay for most brands. I think the emotional drive of traveling abroad and the social positioning that it provides will remain extremely powerful." The Russians used to be the top global spenders but have since been outpaced by the Chinese and this trend is likely to continue, given the rapid population growth and rising affluence in China. Going forward, experts say the top shopping destinations for China citizens will be Singapore, Hong Kong, London and Paris. - CNA/fa

HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday that the government is looking to restrict the number of Chinese tourists entering the city, following a public backlash over the influx of mainland visitors. The announcement came after a leading travel body said official figures showed the volume of mainland visitors over the Lunar New Year period fell for the first time in almost 20 years - attributing the trend to the frosty reception they receive. "We will continue to speak with Chinese authorities about whether or not there is space to tighten the (visitor) scheme to be able to control the natural trend of increasing mainland visitors in Hong Kong," the city's leader Leung Chun Ying said. Leung said the growing number of Chinese visitors has "put pressure on the everyday life of Hong Kong residents". Residents from 49 Chinese cities can currently apply for a multi-entry travel permit to visit Hong Kong. Leung said that scheme would not be expanded and that he would raise the issue at the next meeting of the National People's Congress - China's parliament - at the beginning of March. Hong Kongers have grown increasingly angry at the number of Chinese traders who travel to Hong Kong's border towns to stock up on everything from iPads to milk powder. Protests against the traders have led to violent clashes over recent weekends, with police using pepper spray. The semi-autonomous southern city of seven million people is also a favourite shopping destination for wealthy mainland visitors eager to stock up on Western luxury brands. Mass democracy protests at the end of last year also showed building anti-China sentiment, with tens of thousands protesting against Beijing's restrictions on the vote for Hong Kong's next leader. Negative sentiment has already led to a drop in visitors over the Chinese New Year according to Hong Kong's Travel Industry Council (TIC), which said it was the first decline in 20 years. Numbers fell 1.09 per cent to 842,124 for a six-day period, compared to the same period last year, immigration department figures show. "I think the string of protests is one reason... the news reports about these kinds of activities certainly upsets their mood for travelling to Hong Kong," TIC executive director Joseph Tung told AFP. He called the drop "alarming" and said Chinese visitors were travelling to other destinations which were more welcoming. But democratic lawmaker Kwok Ka Ki said further curbs were needed. He said an increased number of mainland visitors had "severely hampered" the city's transpiration system and it was harder for people to shop for daily necessities as stores focused on the needs of mainland tourists. "If Hong Kong is unable to accommodate the requests or to change the policy a bit to alleviate the grievances, this could easily turn into more violent incidents like in the past few weeks," Kwok said. - See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/hong-kong-mulls-restrictions-chinese-tourists-following-public-backlash-20#xtor=CS1-10

Understand the scenery is breathtaking but tourists have to assess the safety of such rides in some countries, sad to have a holiday ended up like this [:(]

How come American Tourists will submit stories to TRS? http://therealsingapore.com/content/gay-tourists-america-shocked-be-openly-discriminated-singapore Dear The Real Singapore, This is a complaint over the ridiculous treatment me and my boyfriend Walter endured during our visit to Singapore. I am an American tourist who holiday-ed in Singapore last month together with my boyfriend of 5 years. We planned for this holiday for ages and finally booked our tickets to this world renown Garden City. After arrival, we took in the beautiful sights and was pleasantly surprised by the cleanliness, diverse cultures and food until something happened. All that initial positivity went out of the window when me and my boyfriend were taking a leisurely stroll at the botanic gardens. Out of the blue, a young local boy accompanied by his mother pointed at us and shouted, "mummy... why are the two boys holding hands?" What came next shocked us beyond words. The lady knelt beside her son, hurriedly covered his eyes and exclaimed at the top of her voice "don't look at them, they are abnormal". After which she dragged the puzzled boy away as though we had the plague! We were both dumbfounded at this shockingly bigoted behavior. Apart from the Christian belt in the South, we would never be subject to such blatant discrimination in the USA. Even President Obama , the most influential man in the world has repeatedly called for universal love and equality. It is thus disappointing that despite being a democracy, Singaporeans are still backward in their mindsets and deny minorities the freedom to love. I write in now because our brush with Singaporean's narrow mindedness happened not only once but twice. Shortly after that episode, while Walter and I were cuddling by the riverside at Clarke Quay enjoying the river breeze, a group of rowdy brown skinned goons ran up to us and screamed "f**king faggots" and ran off laughing like hyenas. What's with this trashy behavior Singapore? Why are we being bullied and insulted for our sexuality? We are paying tourists in your country and this is how you treat your guests? For all your beautiful buildings and wonderful infrastructure, the people of Singapore are sorely lacking in common decency and woefully antagonistic towards us. Where is the love Singapore? How can you proclaim yourself a first world nation when such blatant discrimination against sexual minorities still exists?

http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2...k_the_worl.html Guess who came in last. Read the comments.

Got this from another forum and it really makes me mad!! Bully old man not the way to go. Only $10 also don't want to pay. I think there is a movement currently to hunt them down if they are still in Asia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB_GoQ-h9Zg