Chinese (and to some extent Indian) groups of tourists tend to behave maladjusted compared to other tourists. You can observe it all around Europe too. In the

Chinese (and to some extent Indian) groups of tourists tend to behave maladjusted compared to other tourists. You can observe it all around Europe too. In the Netherlands a recent phenomenon is Chinese tourists wading through the famous tulip fields this time of year to get the perfect photographic memento. Tourists from other cultures mostly respect the societal boundaries that prevent you from just barging in and damaging a farmer's crop, but the Chinese tourist just doesn't see those boundaries (whether it is an explicit sign or just the common sense that these flower fields are not part of a theme park but an actual agricultural enterprise). At any rate, to them everywhere they get herded to in touring buses is a theme park; historic city centres, tulip fields, authentic windmills, etc. They just don't see that people live there, or make a living, or that some old building may be a natural treasure, not a theme park replica you can safely climb on. It might be a mindset thing. Chinese tourists seem to expect that people around them (tour guides, local staff) tell or show them explicitly what to do and where to go. Without guidance, they end up stepping into cordoned areas, passing no entry signs, and wandering onto private property. The solution to the Chinese barging through your flowers seems to have been found in changing the communication strategy. Instead of signs forbidding entry (which get ignored, even when written in Chinese) they now put up banners asking visitors to respect the flowers (in Chinese) and not trample them. It seems to help a bit.