Hoi An grants tourism cards instead of entrance tickets
The idea to develop a multi-option tourist card from 2015 was proposed at a recent meeting on tourism promotion.
Hoi An and the UNESCO office in Hanoi plan to develop a tourist card to replace entrance-tickets used to enter the old section of the ancient city.
Pham Thi Thanh Huong, a UNESCO oficial, said the idea was proposed at a recent meeting on tourism promotion.
At present, 40% of revenue is lost through the sale of unauthorised tickets.
Huong said there is a need to fully explain to the public and tourists that the need for entrance tickets is tied to restoration work.
"About 90% of tourists do not know that entrance tickets to the old town and destinations are compulsory, or why," she said.
Vice chairman of the municipal People's Committee Truong Van Bay said the plan is to develop a multi-option tourist card from 2015.
Hoi An Party secretary Nguyen Su said 85% of ticket sales in Hoi An is used to restore old houses and relics of the UNESCO-recognised world heritage sites.
He also criticised some travel agencies for taking tourists to the town after 6pm, because entrance was then free.
"Some guides intentionally take tourists down alley ways to avoid paying," he said.
Foreigners pay VND120,000 (about USD6) and locals pay VND80,000 to visit the old town, which includes entrance to five major destinations.
However, the chairman of the city Le Van Giang said flexible ticket collections do not always work for tourists who want to wander around the old town on their own.
He warned that some travel agencies still included entrance tickets in package tour prices, adding that poor attitudes by ticket inspectors upset some tourists./.
The architecture of Hoi An, which is almost entirely of wood, is of considerable interest. It combines traditional Vietnamese designs and techniques with those from other countries, above all China and Japan, whose citizens settled there to trade and built houses and community centres to their own designs.
Hoi An, an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional Asian trading port, is an outstanding material manifestation of the fusion of cultures over time in an international maritime commercial centre.
At present, 40% of revenue is lost through the sale of unauthorised tickets.
Huong said there is a need to fully explain to the public and tourists that the need for entrance tickets is tied to restoration work.
"About 90% of tourists do not know that entrance tickets to the old town and destinations are compulsory, or why," she said.
Vice chairman of the municipal People's Committee Truong Van Bay said the plan is to develop a multi-option tourist card from 2015.
Hoi An Party secretary Nguyen Su said 85% of ticket sales in Hoi An is used to restore old houses and relics of the UNESCO-recognised world heritage sites.
He also criticised some travel agencies for taking tourists to the town after 6pm, because entrance was then free.
"Some guides intentionally take tourists down alley ways to avoid paying," he said.
Foreigners pay VND120,000 (about USD6) and locals pay VND80,000 to visit the old town, which includes entrance to five major destinations.
However, the chairman of the city Le Van Giang said flexible ticket collections do not always work for tourists who want to wander around the old town on their own.
He warned that some travel agencies still included entrance tickets in package tour prices, adding that poor attitudes by ticket inspectors upset some tourists./.
The architecture of Hoi An, which is almost entirely of wood, is of considerable interest. It combines traditional Vietnamese designs and techniques with those from other countries, above all China and Japan, whose citizens settled there to trade and built houses and community centres to their own designs.
Hoi An, an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional Asian trading port, is an outstanding material manifestation of the fusion of cultures over time in an international maritime commercial centre.
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