From the Chinese Press

Tickets to tourist spots expensive

People have been complaining against the high prices of tickets to scenic spots in the country. But tickets to tourist spots in Hubei, Yunnan and Shandong provinces were reduced during the Labor Day holiday, which came as a pleasant surprise to the public, says an article in People's Daily. Excerpts:

Compared with other countries, tickets to tourist spots in China are high. For example, people have to pay three times more to enter Zhangjiajie in Hunan province than what they pay to visit the Louvre Museum in France. And a ticket to Jiuzhaigou Valley in Sichuan province costs 100 yuan ($16.19) more than that needed to visit Yellowstone National Park in the United States, the Taj Mahal in India and Mount Fuji in Japan.