a newlywed couple were so determined to have the ultimate set of wedding photographs they travelled to antarctica   so they could pose up with penguins in their natural habitat and the bride even wore her strapless dress in the sub zero temperatures, while her groom wore – what else? – a penguin suit! but the chinese couple’s antics have brought anything but best wishes back in their homeland, where their behaviour has been deemed an embarrassment, according to the people’s daily white wedding: there were no cold feet for this  couple   who posed up after their ceremony in antarctica  walking down the icicle: while  friends and family went for padded jackets, the bride wore a strapless dress  snow regrets: the couple had the time of their lives   but these photos prompted frustration back home  the nation is acutely aware of its reputation for tourists behaving badly abroad and anything that can be seen to reinforce the stereotype is often widely condemned with a rapidly growing wealthy elite, china already sends more tourists to antarctica than any country in the world apart from the us and australia according to international association of antarctica tour operators, 37 chinese tourists visited the continent between 2003 and 2004 ten years later that number had exploded to 3,328 this group was spotted by a chinese photographer who traveled to the untouched wilderness on assignment   and he found them chasing penguins and jumping into groups of the birds irresponsible? chinese citizens are keen to avoid anything that paints them as reckless eco tourists  souvenir: photographers claim to have witnessed tourists getting so close to penguins, they scare them off  joking around: these men brave the cold as they visit antarctica's paradise bay in the middle of 'summer' internet users in china reacted angrily, with some suggesting the next stop would be taking inappropriate pictures on mars a photographer from chinanewscom took pictures of some chinese tourists exhibiting what he described as 'pitiful behaviour' the photographer claimed that the 'uncivilised phenomenon happened constantly' 'some chinese tourists seem to enjoy themselves too much so that they chase penguins and run into crowds of the animal for pictures,' the photographer added 'there were even tourists who ignore rules and took pictures of penguins very closely' holiday to remember: chinese tourists shopping at the british base of port lockroy  china sent 3,328 tourists in 2013 14, up from  37 a decade earlier and less only than the us or australia 
third china antarctic photographer
bride wore strapless dress in sub zero conditions for extreme photo op  but the photos have been deemed an embarrassment back in china  third biggest  antarctic tourist nation wants to show a better image  photographer said he had seen 'uncivilised' tourists acting 'pitifully'