Tiantong Temple and Asoka Temple to open for free
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Wednesday, 02 May 2012 09:12
On April 17, Yinzhou District Tourism Administration announced that from the 26th this month on, the Tiantong Scenic Spot and Asoka Temple will open for free. From the same day on, the entrance fee of 20 yuan will be paid for the Forest Park in Tiantong Scenic Spot.
Many citizens well received the announcement.
Reportedly, since 2011 the Tiantong Scenic Spot opened, its entrance fee has been a much concerned issue among the public. From September 29, 2011, the entrance fee is 50 yuan. One should pay 50 yuan as entrance fee for the Scenic Spot and he has to pay another 10 yuan if he wants to enter Tiantong Temple. This has causes many complaints from pilgrims and tourists.
According to the new regulation by Yinzhou District Tourism Administration, there will be no more entrance fee for the Tiantong Scenic Spot, Tiantong Temple and Asoka Temple from April 26 on.
For this free service, Yinzhou District Government will annually pay 8 million yuan. An authority of Yinzhou Tourism Administration said, the free entry to the temples will benefit the people and will help improve the quality of the places of interest of Tiantong Temple and Asoka Temple. In the time to come, Yinzhou will attract more tourists by such measures as free entrance fee or low entrance fee. In the meanwhile, it will improve the conditions of the scenic spots and improve the supporting facilities, so as to have a healthy and sustainable development of the tourism industry.
