Is Xining expensive? Xining Travel and Shopping Guide

Xining is located in Qinghai, with a relatively high altitude. It is far away from the mainland, especially the developed areas in the east. The key is due to the special geographical and landforms, the transportation cost will be very high, so the prices here are also quite high. High, let me share with you a detailed price analysis in Xining.

Speaking of the high consumption in Xining, Qinghai, you may think that hotel accommodation in Xining is high and eating in mid-to-high-end restaurants is also expensive, but the price of houses is really not very high.

Here are some personal opinions on accommodation and food in Xining.

There is a trend in China that consumption in tourist cities is generally high, especially during the peak tourist season. Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, is the eastern gateway to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is the first stop for Qinghai and Tibet tourism and an important transit point for northwest tourism. It can be said that Xining is a provincial capital city with tourism as its main feature.

The surrounding areas of Xining are rich in tourism resources. Starting from Xining, you can go to Guide to see the Yellow River, Kanbula to see the Danxia Geopark, Kumbum Monastery to see the Tibetan Buddhist temples, and Qinghai Lake to see Tibetan areas in one round trip a day. The holy lake and Tibetan customs, the alpine grassland in the Rubber Mountain area, the Chinese version of the sky in Chaka Salt Lake, one of the most beautiful seas of rapeseed flowers in China in Menyuan, and the Qilian sky in Zhuoer Mountain, it can be seen that Xining has important Tourism geographical advantages.

In addition to one-day tours, it is also the starting point of the Qinghai-Tibet Line. It is also an important node on the western (Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet) tourism ring, so the number of tourists every year is booming.

The permanent population of Xining City District 4 is about 1.1 million, which is equivalent to the size of a relatively large prefecture-level city. A large number of tourists flock in during the peak season (July-August), resulting in Xining’s limited reception capacity and soaring accommodation prices. .

I was looking for a hotel in Xining in August 2010. At that time, online booking was not yet available, and many hotels I searched were full. I ended up finding a relatively remote hotel with poor conditions and high charges. The method caught up with the tourist season. Later, when I went to Xining, I asked friends to make reservations. The prices were friendly and the prices did not increase all year round.

Xining is a bit like Kunming in Yunnan. Although the popular tourist attractions in the province are not in the provincial capital, the provincial capital is the first stop and important transit point for tourism in the province. Tourists also flock here during the peak tourist season. As a result, accommodation is extremely tight, supply exceeds demand, and accommodation prices have skyrocketed.

I went to Xining last year and felt the price of food in Xining. If you go to an ordinary noodle shop and eat a portion of ramen and a portion of beef, the total cost is 14 yuan, which is cheaper than the diced beef ramen in Beijing.

Later, my friend took me to eat at a local mutton restaurant with special characteristics, and I immediately felt that the local food is not cheap. The high prices in local mid-to-high-end restaurants may be due to: First, there are many tourists and strong spending power; Second, there are still many wealthy people in the local area, and there is no need to worry about lack of customers for high-end consumption.

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First of all, let’s talk about Xining’s consumption level. I remember a survey showed that Xining’s consumption is fifth in the country, closely followed by Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Of course, this does not include housing prices. Isn’t it shocking? So what makes Xining’s consumption so high?

The first point is definitely the low wage level. The minimum wage standard in Xining in 2017 is 1,250 yuan. It should be ranked after 50 in cities across the country, right? (This is my guess) Do you think if you buy the same thing with a salary of 3,000 yuan and a salary of 6,000 yuan, does it mean that you have high consumption? Really?

The second point is that Xining has no independent industry. What is independent industry? It is the core industry that can support the development of the entire city. No, there is no industry, agriculture, or manufacturing.

80% of the food, clothing and clothing we bought in Xining were "imported". Can the freight, storage fees, etc. not be expensive in total?

Third point, the people in the prefectures and counties near Xining are too rich. Why do I say this? Because as long as people in prefectures and counties have money, they will go to Xining to buy houses, cars, and other places. This has greatly increased consumption in Xining.

Why are the prefectures and counties richer than the people in Xining? They have industry! Non-ferrous metals, gold mines, stones, etc. are all in the prefectures and counties. The country’s large-scale conversion of farmland to forest has created a large number of wealthy people.

And it is easier to get a loan to start a business in the prefecture and county than in Xining. However, the living conditions in the prefectures and counties are worse than those in Xining, the climate is better in Xining, and the infrastructure is not as good as Xining, so everyone flocks to Xining.

The fourth point is that the development of tourism has led to increased consumption, but the price department pretends not to know. The hotel is the most obvious. I often book hotels for colleagues from out of town. Express hotels start from 160 before April and start from 400 after April. You still can’t make a reservation.

Xining is small to begin with. During the peak tourist season, the streets are full of tourists, and the price of food will definitely increase.

Everyone knows about Ma Zhong Zongpi. Last year, it was revealed that a bowl of stuffed skin cost 15 yuan. We still buy and eat it. As long as there is one restaurant like this, everyone will do the same. Anyway, the price department doesn’t care. There is a person in Xia Nanguan who sells a bowl of stuffed skin for 4 yuan. Is this Lei Feng?< /p>