Three Gorges Dam Tickets: Only Foreigners Pay

Three Gorges Dam Tickets: Only Foreigners Pay
Sep 25, 2014 By eChinacities.com

September 24, Yichang People’s Government posted online that starting from September 25 the the Three Gorges Dam, a 5A tourist destination (the highest grade on the Chinese tourism attraction scale), would implement a new regulation for their tickets.

This new regulation reads that Chinese tourists will enter for free. This includes those from Hong Kong or Macau, Chinese abroad, and overseas Chinese; those who moved away from China or whose parents moved away from China. Basically, anyone with any Chinese blood will be able to get in for free.

Foreigners will have to pay 105 RMB to see the dam. There was no explanation to how ticket offices would check whether or not you were overseas Chinese.

Source: Sohu

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Keywords: Three Gorges Dam Pricing Regulation Change

16 Comments

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fortyuyao

Hardly news; discriminatory pricing exists everywhere...

Oct 19, 2014 12:56 Report Abuse

JacobJohn

When you go to Cambodia, if you want to see the big lake with some old town that is across the city, you will see that locals are allowed to enter for free while foreigners are asked to pay 1USD. I guess, Chinese have copied this model of ripping off tourists and so they set again another standard to their greediness, this time openly mean intended to tell them where they are how much they despise us but love our money. Good job China, keep it that way and you will reap what you sow. How about setting fees for Chinese people when they enter the ports of the Foreign land? Wait, they don't know where this Country is... . You may know it when you will be asked for fees of entry wherever you travel outside of China.

Sep 28, 2014 22:28 Report Abuse

RiriRiri

At least doubling or tripling entrance fees for Chinese anywhere could be easily justified by the disturbance they create and the mess they leave.

Sep 28, 2014 15:14 Report Abuse

tbh66

See if this would fly in the US. The Chinese would be up in arms crying discrimination

Sep 28, 2014 06:53 Report Abuse

bill8899

Interesting.

Sep 27, 2014 18:33 Report Abuse

Stiggs

I'm just surprised that a dam is considered the highest grade on the tourist attraction scale. Nothing else in the article really surprised me.

Sep 26, 2014 12:33 Report Abuse

tbh66

Shoddy construction, doubt it will last 20 years

Sep 30, 2014 17:45 Report Abuse

The-Final-Say

Hi 3 Gorges Dam, Yichang People's Government, and anyone else reading this..... take your piece of concrete that you consider a modern tourist destination of western interest and use it to hide your face because racism such as this will only cause you to lose it. I hope the world posts and reposts this. Its time for you people to learn what discrimination means.

Sep 26, 2014 11:36 Report Abuse

xunliang

What if I pull the corners of my eyes so I look Chinese? Is that ok?

Sep 26, 2014 10:23 Report Abuse

andy74rc

Going as a tourist to visit a dam? Oh.... c'mon!

Sep 26, 2014 09:21 Report Abuse

Mateusz

"There was no explanation to how ticket offices would check whether or not you were overseas Chinese." There is no need for an explanation. It's pretty much obvious. It's not about citizenship... it's about race. The fact that non-Chinese citizens get in for free makes it pretty clear.

Sep 26, 2014 07:40 Report Abuse

Mateusz

In the minds of racist, nationalistic Han, it's the same thing. Ask if Tibetans, or Russians (the minority group) are Chinese, and you'll get an answer along the lines of "Yes... but." or "Technically..."

Sep 26, 2014 07:42 Report Abuse

Guest2650392

It is time for the rest of the world to show the jackals who know no manners or ethics their claws aren't tolerated anymore, such as charging mainland Chinese tourists double or triple when they tour the pyramids, Statue of Liberty, the Louvre.....etc. In the long run, the only solution is to stop giving them your business. Feeding jackals is a self-poisoning act, this is a fatal oversight of the theory of comparative advantage.

Sep 25, 2014 22:58 Report Abuse

profenieto

Well, I already know the “dam” place where I’m not going this holiday...

Sep 25, 2014 22:54 Report Abuse

Robk

Okay, why? I think all foreigners should boycott it then... if they want to be unfair then why should we put up with it. I know one place I am absolutely NOT visiting.

Sep 25, 2014 20:20 Report Abuse

Englteachted

This is a fine example how western countries lack leadership, wouldn't it be great to see UK, Aus, NZ, US, Can jointly announce new restrictions for visas for Chinese. Or that the charters for those Confucius schools.

Sep 26, 2014 08:03 Report Abuse