text: China have said they are to start tracking the actions of their citizens abroad, following a string of reports about behaviour abroad. The China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) said on its website on Monday that provincial and national authorities will be in touch with unruly citizens when they return to China, and if necessary, the police, customs officers, border control and even bank credit agencies will be contacted. They are hoping the strict measures will encourage Chinese tourists from doing anything inappropriate or illegal while abroad. Big spenders: Shoppers from China and the Far East scramble for bargains during the Christmas sales at Selfridges in London's Oxford Street. Chinese travellers spent an incredible $164 billion on foreign trips last year . Horrific! A group of Chinese travellers who scalded a flight attendant with hot water and noodles and threatened to blow up a plane. The passengers lashed out at cabin crew after they became enraged over sitting arrangements on a charter flight from Bangkok to Nanjing . According to China People's Daily, bad behaviour will include: disorder on public transportation－including flights－damaging public facilities or historical relics, ignoring social customs at tourism destinations, and becoming involved with gambling or prostitution. Research by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch found that there were 109 million Chinese tourists in 2014, who spent $164 billion. These figures are a dramatic increase from the 10 million outbound tourists in 2000, and reflected the rise in numbers of reports on disruptive behaviour. It has been suggested that higher incomes have attributed to more Chinese citizens opting to spend their holidays outside of their country. The CNTA administration said in a separate post: 'tourism reflects on the country and the people's image,' and more 'social supervision' of tourists is needed. In December a brawl started on a Chinese flight from to Chongqing to Hong Kong over a woman's crying baby . A Chinese holidaymaker has been hit with a fine for washing her feet in a public bathroom on one of Thailand?s picturesque tourist islands. The woman was spotted washing her feet in a sink less than 30 minutes after island officials posted a no foot washing sign . Over the last few years, a number of embarrassing incidents have helped to tarnish the worldwide reputation of Chinese tourists. In December 2014 a group of Chinese travellers scalded an air stewardess with hot water and noodles and then threatened to blow up the plane, after they were told they could not sit together. It is hoped stricter measures will deter future misdemeanours abroad. Airport staff at the place where Chinese passenger Hu Hsieh caused chaos at the airport after opening the emergency door in his eagerness to get out . China Eastern Airlines flight MU2036 travelling from Chengdu to Beijing was already seven hours behind schedule at 3:45am on Saturday morning because of snow when a man named reportedly opened three emergency exits .
target: The China National Tourism Administration will monitor tourist behaviour .
  Unruly Chinese citizens will be contacted when they return to the country .
  The country has had bad press from a string of publicised incidents .