Nearly half of the interviewees from major overseas tourism destinations in a recent survey said that Chinese outbound tourists have improved their manners in the past five years.

The China National Tourism Administration released a report on the survey on Wednesday. The survey interviewed 3,650 people from 10 overseas tourism destinations - the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Taiwan - on the image and behavior of Chinese outbound tourists.

The results showed that nearly half of overseas interviewees said they have witnessed an improvement in Chinese tourists' manners in the past five years. Interviewees from Indonesia, France, Singapore, the UK and the US gave positive feedback on Chinese tourists' behavior.