Two Chinese ministries and regulation area price: Government pricing area price

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Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, "11" golden week coming, coincides with the scenic fare "three year ban up" into the release cycle, a large number of scenic spots have announced prices or price domestic news. This year, the price of at least 7 more than 20 scenic spots. Two Chinese ministries and regulation area price: Government pricing area price of a year may not

Scenic spots kept prices of public opinion to question. On September 5, the NTA's official website announced "promise not to increase ticket prices" list of scenic spots, as of August 31, the national total of 2050 5 class a and 4 a-class scenic area in response to initiatives, signed "without raising ticket prices" commitments, accounting for 80% of all 5 a and 4-level scenic spots.

Meanwhile, tighter government regulation is in progress. On September 6, the national development and Reform Commission and the National Tourism Administration jointly issued the notice on ticket prices campaign work carried out, deploying around price, tourism authorities to carry out special rectification work in ticket prices.

Two sectors set out in the notice, from September 2015 to August 2016, at the national level within the one-year ticket prices campaign work. Regulation focused on operators not to implement pricing policies, against the tourists ' legal rights and interests and other illegal violations, the Government departments concerned violations of pricing in the ticket price rules, procedures, problems and high ticket prices.

The circular stressed that the campaign period, subject to Government pricing or Government guided scenic spot, in principle, no new programme raised ticket prices. And pricing rules, procedures to correct illegal pricing, reduce the unreasonable high price levels, and for different categories of area operator's pricing behavior be regulated.

According to the Chinese Academy of social sciences, tourism research center of China issued May 5-a-ticket price analysis and international comparison (2015) report shows that by the end of 2014, 186 5-a-ticket prices averaged 112.

"China's relatively high ticket prices, a 100-Yuan tickets for lower-and middle-income people, roughly equivalent to two days ' income. Higher ticket prices are actually on high earners favour, is essentially a transfer of rights by means of price leverage lower-income to higher-income people. "Tourist Research Center of Chinese Academy of social sciences Vice Director Liu said tickets should be commensurate with the income level of the people.

Countries have corresponding provisions in 2007, the national development and Reform Commission issued a notice, requiring ticket price adjustment frequency of not less than 3 years. Domestic price adjustment area the following year. Second round of price increases occur around 2012. This year another "release year", many scenic areas "price" has been put on the agenda. "Limit up order" as "price", it is embarrassing. In addition, regulators issued a standard ticket price adjustments frequently, even interviews of individual scenic rectification, but with little success.

Meanwhile, moves to stimulate the domestic tourism consumption constant. Last September, the State Council established the Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference system for tourism, national tourism system the next day, began to prepare for the national day Golden week holiday. State-issued in August this year on further promotion of investment in tourism and consumer opinions, advocating "2.5 day holiday".

Activate domestic tourism markets, scenic fare price increases seems to have become a reality of disorder constraints. Statistics show 2014 broke for the first time in the number of Chinese outbound tourism of millions, around 120 million passengers, an increase of 19.5%. The China Tourism Academy published the annual report of the development of China's outbound tourism 2015 is expected in 2015, China's outbound tourist trips grew by more than 16%, to continue leading the global outbound travel market. Huge amount of is difficult to ignore the country "cannot afford" embarrassing situation.

Many attractions ticket prices at the same time, according to the Xinhua News Agency reported, part attraction ticket revenue flow is not transparent, and not feeding in the maintenance and building of scenic spots, have been used for government projects not directly related to the scenic area, or even pay the local development of tourism advertising costs.

Tourist Research Center of Chinese Academy of social sciences pointed out that most 5 a-level scenic spots in China relies on the natural and cultural heritage, and local government-led, such scenic spots as public goods, but there is no uniform, clear and improve the price management system and pricing mechanism is not perfect.

"Most 5 a-level scenic spots in China based on the natural and cultural heritage, and should build on public welfare, free or charge a fee for basic maintenance. "Well-known comments people wrote Jiang Debin not scenic area into a profit-making tool, allowing scenic ticket prices continue to rise:" regulators should issue standards of ticket prices, ask around the scenic area open on a regular basis information to assess whether its price beyond the baseline to prevent ticket prices to get out of control. "