While UNESCO heritage status brings significant tourism revenue, it also disrupts local life, leading many communities to want to abandon this privilege.
A tourist was banned from the Emei Mountain scenic area in Sichuan province, China, after pushing a monkey on a railing, causing it to stumble and nearly fall off a cliff.
A 16-year-old female tourist fell to her death from a cliff swing hundreds of meters high after the safety rope snapped as an employee pushed her from the launch platform.
Thousands of tourists converged on Lao Cai border gate for customs procedures to enter China on the first day of the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day holiday, leading to waiting times of several hours.