Beijing, Sept. 7 (Reporter Li Jinlei) Before the Golden Week of "Eleventh" this year, domestic scenic spots ushered in a wave of price reduction. As of August 29th, 314 scenic spots have reduced or planned to reduce their prices, including 121 5A scenic spots, and many scenic spots have reduced their prices by more than 30%.
It can be said that this is a wave of sincere price reduction. Which scenic spots have reduced their prices? How much can tourists save? Why do you want to reduce the price? Will it affect the operation of the scenic spot? Let’s watch together.

Which scenic spots cut prices?
In June, the National Development and Reform Commission published "Guiding Opinions on Improving the Ticket Price Formation Mechanism of State-owned Scenic Spots and Reducing the Ticket Price of Key State-owned Scenic Spots", proposing to effectively reduce the ticket prices of a number of key state-owned scenic spots before the tourism peak of the "Eleventh" Golden Week this year.
This goal is being fulfilled. According to the data released by the National Development and Reform Commission, as of August 29th, 21 provinces have introduced measures to reduce the price of 157 scenic spots (free opening), and 25 provinces have determined the list of 157 scenic spots to be reduced (free opening) before the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, totaling 314 scenic spots.



The scenic spots with reduced prices are also very "gold content". Among the 314 scenic spots, there are 121 scenic spots at 5A level and 155 scenic spots at 4A level.
Take 5A-level scenic spots as an example. The scenic spots that announced the price reduction include Yangzhou Slender West Lake, Laoshan Mountain, Yellow Crane Tower, Tianshan Tianchi, Jiuzhaigou, Huashan and other well-known scenic spots.
How much can tourists save?
With the price reduction of so many scenic spots, how much "real money" can tourists save?
According to the statistics of price reduction, there are 30 scenic spots that are open to the public free of charge, 29 of which have dropped by more than 30% (including 30%), and 20% (including 20%)— 30% of 48.

Zhongxin. com reporter Li Jinlei
Among the scenic spots that have been reduced in price, the peak season ticket price of Yangzhou Slender West Lake has been reduced from 150 yuan to 100 yuan, the peak season ticket price of Huashan Scenic Area has been reduced from 180 yuan to 160 yuan, the peak season ticket price of Qingdao Laoshan Mountain has been reduced from 245 yuan to 180 yuan, the ticket price of Yellow Crane Tower Scenic Area has been reduced from 80 yuan to 70 yuan, the peak season ticket prices of Kanas, Baihaba and Hemu in Xinjiang have been reduced from 295 yuan to 195 yuan, the ticket price of Shennongding has been adjusted from 140 yuan to 130 yuan, and the ticket price of Taohuayuan Scenic Area in Changde, Hunan Province has been reduced from 180 yuan to 195 yuan
Among the scenic spots that are about to cut prices, starting from September 20th, the ticket price of Wuzhen Scenic Spot will be lowered, the ticket price of Dongzha Scenic Spot will be adjusted from 120 yuan to 110 yuan, and the joint ticket price of Dongxizha Scenic Spot will be adjusted from 200 yuan to 190 yuan. The peak season ticket prices of Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area have been reduced from 220 yuan to 190 yuan, Huanglong Scenic Area from 200 yuan to 170 yuan, Emei Mountain from 185 yuan to 160 yuan, Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area, Qingcheng Mountain Scenic Area and Dujiangyan Scenic Area from 90 yuan to 80 yuan.

Why do you want to reduce the price?
Behind the country’s vigorous efforts to promote the decline in scenic spot fares are the high ticket prices in scenic spots and the people’s "can’t afford to play".
According to a survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics, 72.3% of the domestic scenic spot ticket prices are "too high" or "on the high side".
The relevant person in charge of the price department of the National Development and Reform Commission said that in recent years, the number of tourists in some famous scenic spots has begun to decline, and more and more people vote with their feet, indicating that high ticket prices have restricted the growth of tourism consumption and become an urgent problem to be solved.
Tang Xiaoyun, chief statistician of china tourism academy, told Zhongxin. com that scenic spots, nature reserves, cultural relics protection units and national parks are public resources owned by the whole people and have strong public welfare. However, some scenic spots are now excessively pursuing economic benefits, and some places are too dependent on the ticket economy.
Tang Xiaoyun believes that it is imperative to make these scenic spots return to the essence of public resource scenic spots, fully release the tourism consumption needs of ordinary people, improve people’s satisfaction and sense of gain in tourism, and reduce the ticket prices of scenic spots.

Will it affect the operation of the scenic spot?
Some people worry that after lowering the ticket price, the operation of scenic spots will be affected, which will lead to a decline in service quality, and some scenic spots may come up with measures to deal with it.
In this regard, the relevant person in charge of the Price Department of the National Development and Reform Commission said that by establishing a sound mechanism to promote the reduction of ticket prices of key state-owned scenic spots, it is based on the reasonable operating costs of scenic spots, focusing on stripping the "extra burden" carried by scenic spots, including unreasonable government fee income, etc., standardizing price behavior and reducing ticket prices accordingly. Therefore, it does not affect the normal operation of the scenic spot. With the decline of ticket prices and the increase of tourists, the total ticket revenue of scenic spots will not necessarily decrease, but may increase.
The above opinions issued by the National Development and Reform Commission clearly require that all regions should not evade the importance, become a mere formality, and perfunctory prevarication; It is not allowed to drop in the dark. While reducing the ticket price, it will increase the price of other tourist services such as transportation in the scenic spot, which will increase the burden on tourists in disguise.
Tang Xiaoyun said that the price reduction of scenic spots tickets and the reduction of ticket costs are a big plus for tourists. For scenic spots, the ticket revenue will decrease, and the short-term income will fluctuate, but in the long run, it will have a positive effect.
"If the scenic spot only wants to close the door to collect tickets, there will be fewer and fewer tourists and little growth potential." Tang Xiaoyun said that the price reduction of tickets will help to promote the transformation of development ideas and modes of scenic spots, attract tourists by improving service quality, enriching tourism products and improving management efficiency, thus speeding up the transformation and upgrading from the ticket economy to the industrial economy and forming a situation of "tourism+"industry integration and development. (End)







































