Man Intentionally Carved ‘Sichuan’ on Badaling Great Wall, Faced Five-Day Detention

According to CCTV News, during the Qingming Festival holiday, the Badaling Great Wall scenic area experienced a slight peak in tourist flow after reopening, receiving over 12,000 tourists on April 5th alone. With the gradual recovery of tourist volume, some uncivilized behaviors have also rebounded. Recently, reporters from the Badaling Scenic Area Management Office learned that, in response to illegal and uncivilized tourist behaviors of damaging cultural relics, the Badaling Great Wall Scenic Area has introduced the ‘Badaling Great Wall Scenic Area Cultural Relic Damage Punishment Regulations’ based on relevant laws and regulations, and will include tourists and tourism staff who damage cultural relics and cause serious social impact in the ‘blacklist’ to restrict ticket purchases. The ‘punishment regulations’ are officially implemented starting April 6th.

It is reported that the ‘punishment regulations’ of the Badaling Great Wall scenic area are based on the ‘Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics’, ‘Regulations on Scenic and Historic Area’ and ‘Regulations on the Protection of the Great Wall’ combined with the actual situation, and apply to tourists and tourism staff who damage the Great Wall main body and related castles, passes, beacon towers, and other related cultural relics. The ‘punishment regulations’ stipulate that seven categories of destructive behaviors, such as carving and deliberately damaging cultural relics, will be subject to administrative penalties. For destructive cultural relics and seriously disruptive tourist behavior, according to relevant laws, they will also be included in the record of tourist uncivilized behavior, restricting ticket purchases. The ‘blacklist’ of tourist uncivilized behavior will be regularly published to the public, increasing the exposure intensity and strengthening social supervision.

Real-name reservation ticketing has technical guarantees for the ‘blacklist’ system.

Badaling Scenic Area Management Office Spokesperson Li Dong: We have always wanted to implement the ‘blacklist’ system. In June last year, the Badaling Scenic Area realized the full-network real-name reservation ticketing system, which provided us with the technical conditions to set up the ‘blacklist’ system. Once a person who violates the destruction of cultural relics is listed on the blacklist, they will not be able to book tickets for five years.