Is traveling abroad cheaper than traveling domestically?

In the editor's impression, traveling abroad has always been more expensive than domestic travel. First of all, it must be because air tickets are more expensive. However, some netizens said that traveling to some domestic attractions is more expensive than traveling abroad. Why is this? Let’s go and see it together.

Some people suggest that if you are not a rich person, it is best not to travel to popular domestic attractions. Those are reserved for rich people who don’t care about spending extra money. Poor people should travel abroad. For example, the editor has realized this early on.

It’s not that the editor doesn’t play in China - when I am in China, I just find a place to eat, spend most of the day lying in a hotel or B&B, and occasionally find a museum to visit, or walk on the street If you wander around, you won’t be able to visit the scenic spots. It’s not that we are aloof, but it’s the coquettishness of domestic scenic spots that we, the working people, cannot easily afford.

It goes without saying that there are many people, but it is also expensive, and it can easily make a "preparatory middle class" realize his own insignificance and return to his original shape. The budget-savvy editor has calculated that with five or six tickets, he can exchange them for air tickets to Southeast Asia.

Only those who have money at home dare to have fun in popular attractions. Tickets with 5A level prices

The first scary thing about popular domestic attractions is the ticket price.

For example, the entrance fee to Fenghuang Ancient City is 148 yuan. However, I heard that the fee has been canceled recently, but there is also news that the fee has changed to different attractions. As for whether there is really a fee, you will only know if you go there. Tickets for Huashan also start at 160 yuan, which is still the “basic price”. If you want to enjoy advanced services, the Xifeng one-way door car ticket starts at 337 yuan, the east-west line door car ticket starts at 435 yuan, and the Xifeng round-trip door car ticket starts at 514 yuan. (Please refer to Ctrip.com for ticket prices)

For another example, in order to "protect the ecological environment" in the Kanas Scenic Area in northern Xinjiang, the ticket sales point is located dozens of kilometers away, and private cars are not allowed to enter or exit. At this time, the price list came into being: the first-time shuttle bus plus ticket price starts from 285 yuan, the second-time shuttle bus plus ticket price starts from 315 yuan; the ticket for Hemu Scenic Area is 60 yuan/person, the shuttle bus is 200 yuan/person, and the ancient village maintenance Fee: 20 yuan/person; ticket to Baihaba Scenic Area is 60 yuan/person, shuttle bus is 210 yuan/person. (Please refer to Ctrip.com for ticket prices)

Scenic spots always have a way to make you burst into tears.

Does scenic area protection require a lot of money? Of course, but please compare it with the national parks in the United States.

According to the U.S. Scenic Area Pricing Guidelines, the maximum single ticket price for all national parks cannot exceed US$20, and the maximum annual pass fee for an attraction is US$50. Take the Yellowstone Park ticket in the United States as an example. The drive-in ticket price is 25 US dollars per car, and you can play there for 7 days. For $80, you can also buy an annual pass to visit national parks across the United States.

I feel that others regard tourism as a public welfare undertaking. in the country, it is a money-making tool.

I heard that prices at some tourist attractions will be reduced starting from September. How much it will drop, the editor will wait and see. The prices in domestic scenic spots are probably comparable to those in urban areas in the United States?

The prices in domestic scenic spots are also shockingly high.

A friend complained to me that one year in Shichahai, Beijing, I foolishly spent two to three hundred yuan on a Kung Fu tea—obviously not in a five-star hotel.

Back then, I also ate a plate of green vegetables for 60 yuan in a scenic spot. Of course, these 60 yuan green vegetables are different from those eaten in a five-star hotel. In a five-star hotel, there is a beautiful lady serving you tea. 60 yuan buys you a sense of experience and leisure. However, in a scenic spot, the vegetables may be yellow, and it always feels like you are rushing to the shelves.

News reports that Huashan once sold “a plate of Mount Wutai mushroom stewed pheasant for 400 yuan.” But the price is clearly stated, so it’s not a scam. Tourists can only silently give in: National AAAAA-level tourist attractions are also "national AAAAA-level" expensive. This is common sense and you have to accept it.

Traveling in Europe and the United States is not cheap in the first place, but of course the conversion may be similar to that of domestic attractions. But the sad thing is that in the scenic area, prices don't seem to be as high as in the urban area.

When dining at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, the restaurant prices are basically the same as in the city, maybe a dollar or two more. Comparing this to the cheapest restaurant in Shanghai Disney, it is estimated to cost twice the market price.

Of course, more people who know the road choose to go to other places to eat after visiting the scenic spots. This is the survival strategy of Chinese scenic spots. Attractions in Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States

Why are they so cost-effective

As Japan is separated from China by a narrow strip of water, are the tickets expensive?

Kyoto Internet celebrity Kiyomizu Temple, a super attraction during the cherry blossom season , the ticket fee is 400 yuan - wait, it's 400 "yen". In other words, as long as you spend about 25 yuan, you can enjoy cherry blossoms in spring and maple leaves in autumn. Students also have a half-price discount, and they can enter for 200 yen (equivalent to about 12 yuan in RMB).

For many temples in Kyoto, the entrance fee is about 500/600 yen, which is equivalent to more than 20 yuan, and may also include tea. As for the same garden art, the garden tickets in Suzhou and Hangzhou are slightly more expensive, about 40 yuan in peak season, but it is considered indifferent among Chinese scenic spots.

The most expensive ticket in Kyoto should be Saihoji Temple outside the core scenic spots. The price is 3,000 yen, which is equivalent to nearly 200 RMB. However, Saihoji Temple adopts a strict reservation system and there is no reservation. , even if you have money, you may not be able to enter, in order to protect the carefully trimmed moss in the temple. With this kind of care, the price is reasonable.

Another popular foreign tourist destination is South Korea. The most popular attraction is Gyeongbokgung Palace. It was once the most important royal palace in the Joseon Dynasty. The adult ticket fee is 3,000 won (equivalent to about 18.4 yuan). Teenagers and children get half-price discounts.

Chinese tourists also have a habit of climbing towers everywhere. When you go to South Korea, you will definitely go to N Seoul Tower to overlook the night view of Seoul and recall the scene of the Korean drama "My Love from the Star". The Seoul Tower fee for adults is only 9,000 won (equivalent to about 54 yuan), but you can’t expect to spend twice the price to climb the Canton Tower, which is twice as high.

It is impossible to see the night view from the Oriental Pearl Tower with 54 yuan. It is impossible in this life. Picture/pexels.com

There are as many as 39 cultural monuments in Italy that are UNESCO The organization is listed on the World Heritage List and is a veritable "huge open-air museum". But it is so high-end but does not have AAAAA-level tickets. For example, the entrance fee to the Colosseum in Rome is 12 euros (equivalent to about 96 yuan), and the ticket price for the most expensive attractions is less than 1% of Italy's per capita monthly income.

The Alhambra Palace, known as the "Forbidden City" of Spain, is one of Spain's treasures. Because of its fusion of Islamic, Christian and other styles of architecture, as well as quite legendary stories, it is known as the "Moor's love letter to Europe". Spending 14 euros for a ticket (equivalent to about 111 yuan), it is quite good to see nearly 8 centuries of history.

The Cordora Grand Canyon in the United States, which is also a World Natural Heritage, is one of the seven wonders of the world. The admission fee is 25 US dollars (equivalent to about 172 yuan) "per vehicle" rather than "per person" . In other words, if you and your family and friends take a car to the Grand Canyon, you only need to pay 25 US dollars, and with the ticket, you can freely enter and exit the scenic spot within seven days.

From the east side of the earth to the west side of the earth, and then from the west side of the earth back to the east side of the earth, famous foreign scenic spots are actually generally cheaper than Chinese scenic spots.

In 2007, the National Development and Reform Commission stipulated that domestic scenic spots "not increase prices for three years." For scenic spots, there is also the second half of the sentence "price increases will cost you three years." Therefore, every time these "ban lifting years" come, scenic spots are like hungry wolves scrambling for food, eager to increase prices.

However, if you are personally like many expensive and expensive tourist attractions in China, you probably won’t want to go there again after going there once. The editor thinks that many people are willing to pay for expensive tickets because they have a Buddhist-like compassionate thought: "I'd better visit such a famous scenic spot. Anyway, I won't come here a second time."

But the editor feels that places that are truly carefully managed can accumulate fans and keep them coming back. Like the Palace Museum in Beijing, even if the price increases a little, I am willing to make more trips.