THE travel industry and national governments are officially cracking down on unruly travellers, with new rules and regulations in place to ensure troublemakers do not get off scot-free.
Singapore’s civil aviation body told local daily The Straits Times that it is working with the government to ratify the Montreal Protocol, which was drawn up the global aviation community last year to address the issue.
It lists offences such as noncompliance with safety instructions and physical or verbal abuse of cabin crew, and would allow authorities to charge and persecute unruly passengers who fly on non-local carriers, said the report.
Currently, Singapore can only hold accountable passengers arriving on Singapore Airlines and other local airlines.
Over in Beijing, China’s new regulation took effect last week, in response to the many reported incidences of ill-behaved Chinese travellers, according to Xinhua and AFP.
Chinese tourists who display anti-social behavior or damage private property, among others, will have their names recorded by provincial authorities and the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) for two years.
Exactly what kind of “correction measures” are in store for the blacklisted is not known, though CNTA has said it is able to share this information with other institutions including public security, customs, transport authorities, and the central bank, said reports.
