What kind of legal responsibility should tourists bear for destroying scenic spots?

First, if the scenic spots belong to cultural relics protection units, or if the items damaged by tourists belong to cultural relics, they shall be investigated for civil compensation liability and criminal liability respectively in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VII "Legal Liability" of the Cultural Relics Protection Law.

Second, the criminal responsibility for destroying cultural relics shall be dealt with in accordance with Article 324 of Chapter VI "Crime of disturbing social management order" and Section IV "Crime of disturbing cultural relics management" of the Criminal Law.

Article 324 Crime of intentionally damaging cultural relics; Crime of intentionally destroying places of interest; Whoever intentionally destroys precious cultural relics under state protection or cultural relics designated as national key cultural relics protection units or provincial cultural relics protection units shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.

Whoever intentionally destroys places of interest under state protection, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined.

Whoever negligently damages precious cultural relics under state protection or cultural relics of national key cultural relics protection units or provincial cultural relics protection units, thus causing serious consequences, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention.

Third, if the scenic spots do not belong to cultural relics protection units, or the items destroyed by tourists do not belong to cultural relics, civil liability for compensation should be investigated. The standard and amount of specific compensation should be comprehensively calculated according to the actual loss, maintenance and repair costs, and the number of tourists reduced due to the destruction of cultural relics, so as to reduce the loss of tickets for scenic spots.

The above suggestions are for reference only.