The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre will apply new entrance ticketprices for both local and foreign visitors to the city’s historicalsites from this month.
The centre has submitted theproposal for new prices to the Thua Thien-Hue People’s Committee and isawaiting approval from the provincial administration. It argues that theadmission fees for foreign visitors have not been changed since 1993while inflation has soared since.
The new prices willapply to two complexes of monuments, the first comprising the tombs ofemperors Tu Duc, Khai Dinh and Minh Mang as well as the Hue Citadel; andthe second consisting of the tombs of Thieu Tri and Dong Khanh, the AnDinh and Hon Chen palaces, the Imperial Citadel and the AntiquitiesMuseum.
For the first complex, foreign tourists will pay80,000 VND ( 3.8 USD) per monument, up from the current fee of 55,000USD, while domestic visitors will pay 55,000 VND per person permonument, up from 30,000 VND.
For the second complex, foreign and domestic tourists will be charged 40,000 VND and 30,000 VND per monument, respectively./.
The centre has submitted theproposal for new prices to the Thua Thien-Hue People’s Committee and isawaiting approval from the provincial administration. It argues that theadmission fees for foreign visitors have not been changed since 1993while inflation has soared since.
The new prices willapply to two complexes of monuments, the first comprising the tombs ofemperors Tu Duc, Khai Dinh and Minh Mang as well as the Hue Citadel; andthe second consisting of the tombs of Thieu Tri and Dong Khanh, the AnDinh and Hon Chen palaces, the Imperial Citadel and the AntiquitiesMuseum.
For the first complex, foreign tourists will pay80,000 VND ( 3.8 USD) per monument, up from the current fee of 55,000USD, while domestic visitors will pay 55,000 VND per person permonument, up from 30,000 VND.
For the second complex, foreign and domestic tourists will be charged 40,000 VND and 30,000 VND per monument, respectively./.
