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Scenic-spot price cuts fail to excite
By Hu Min |
September 22, 2012, Saturday
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CHINA'S top economic planner yesterday announced a list of 80 scenic spots, including two in Shanghai, which will lower admission prices before the National Day holiday.
However, the goodwill move by the National Development and Reform Commission drew a raft of complaints and criticism, with many saying popular tourist spots had not been included in the list and the price cuts, ranging between 2 yuan and 35 yuan (US$5.6), were too small.
"I have never heard the names of most scenic spots on the list and I am not interested in them, either," said Zhang Liqiu, a librarian working at a Shanghai university.
There should have been some eye-catching attractions on the list, he said, mentioning the Sanxingdui Ruins in southwest China's Sichuan Province which he planned to visit. Entry fee there is 80 yuan. "Tickets of many popular tourist spots are overpriced," he complained.
A netizen, identified as "Hill_song," said he was not excited about the price cuts.
"The price reduction move is not sincere as those places usually have few visitors, while admission fees for popular spots keep going up when festivals approach," he said.
Many forest parks, museums, zoos and memorial sites are on the list but most are unknown or lesser known.
The two spots listed in Shanghai are in suburban districts.
The Shanghai Earthquake Museum in the suburban Songjiang District, which charges 5 yuan, will provide free admission while the Fuquanshan Ancient Culture Ruins in Qingpu District, a mound containing a massive number of elaborate tombs, will have its entry fee cut to 8 yuan from 10 yuan.
"I think the two scenic spots are not popular, and there will still be very few visitors despite the price cuts," Wu Zhichao, a local media worker, said.
The NDRC said it will soon announce the second batch of about 100 tourist spots that will slash entry prices.
However, the goodwill move by the National Development and Reform Commission drew a raft of complaints and criticism, with many saying popular tourist spots had not been included in the list and the price cuts, ranging between 2 yuan and 35 yuan (US$5.6), were too small.
"I have never heard the names of most scenic spots on the list and I am not interested in them, either," said Zhang Liqiu, a librarian working at a Shanghai university.
There should have been some eye-catching attractions on the list, he said, mentioning the Sanxingdui Ruins in southwest China's Sichuan Province which he planned to visit. Entry fee there is 80 yuan. "Tickets of many popular tourist spots are overpriced," he complained.
A netizen, identified as "Hill_song," said he was not excited about the price cuts.
"The price reduction move is not sincere as those places usually have few visitors, while admission fees for popular spots keep going up when festivals approach," he said.
Many forest parks, museums, zoos and memorial sites are on the list but most are unknown or lesser known.
The two spots listed in Shanghai are in suburban districts.
The Shanghai Earthquake Museum in the suburban Songjiang District, which charges 5 yuan, will provide free admission while the Fuquanshan Ancient Culture Ruins in Qingpu District, a mound containing a massive number of elaborate tombs, will have its entry fee cut to 8 yuan from 10 yuan.
"I think the two scenic spots are not popular, and there will still be very few visitors despite the price cuts," Wu Zhichao, a local media worker, said.
The NDRC said it will soon announce the second batch of about 100 tourist spots that will slash entry prices.
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