During the Spring Festival, many scenic spots will be open to the public for free [including Longmen Grottoes, Slender West Lake and other well-known scenic spots, some scenic spots will be open for free until March]
As the Spring Festival approaches, many people choose to travel abroad.
On January 12, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily noticed that many places across the country have announced that scenic spots will be open to tourists for free during the Spring Festival, and some scenic spots will be open for free until March.
suzhou
73 state-owned scenic spots open for free during Spring Festival
According to the decision-making and deployment of the "Guiding Opinions on Supporting Stable Jobs and Staying Workers to Ensure the Orderly Operation of the Economy" (referred to as "Ten Stable Jobs") issued by the Suzhou Municipal Government, during the Spring Festival in 2023 (January 21 to January 27), the city 73 state-owned scenic spots are open for free.
During the event, all scenic spots will continue to make real-name reservations for visits and tours. Citizens and tourists need to make reservations 1 to 7 days in advance. "Thought" App and other platforms to learn about the details of free appointments.
A reporter from Beiqing Daily noticed that the free scenic spots include well-known scenic spots such as Suzhou Garden Scenic Area, Lion Grove Scenic Area, and Couple Garden Scenic Area.
Luoyang
In January, Longmen Grottoes and other scenic spots are free of charge
From January 1st to January 31st, Luoyang invested 100 million yuan in free tickets to carry out free collection activities for 52 A-level scenic spots to tourists across the country, and distributed 40,000 free tickets every day.
The limited ticket-free scenic spots include Longmen Grottoes, Baima Temple, Laojun Mountain, etc., including 5 5A scenic spots, 22 4A scenic spots, and 20 3A scenic spots.
Tourists participating in this event adopt a real-name reservation system, and tourists from all over the country enter the "Ticket Reservation" event area through the official WeChat account "Luoyang Tourism" and "Enjoy Tour Luoyang" to select scenic spots and make reservations.
Tourists can only make one reservation for each scenic spot during the ticket-free event period. If the reservation quota for the selected date is full, they can choose another appointment time or buy tickets normally to enter the scenic spot.
hangzhou
Free admission to 41 scenic spots until the end of March
Starting from New Year's Day in 2023, Hangzhou's state-owned and some non-state-owned A-level scenic spots will implement the first ticket free tour, including West Lake Scenic Area, Xixi Wetland, Liangzhu Relics Park, Qiandao Lake, Daming Mountain, Tianmu Mountain, Huang Gongwang's Hermitage, Yaolin Wonderland, 41 scenic spots including Qili Yangfan will last until the end of March.
Among the attractions belonging to Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area, Yuewang Temple, Huanglong Cave, Feilai Peak (excluding Lingyin Temple), Guozhuang, Three Pools Reflecting the Moon, Qianwang Temple, Mulan Mountain Tea Garden, Chenghuang Pavilion, Yuhuang Mountain, Wansong Academy, 17 fee-paying park attractions such as Liuhe Pagoda (excluding climbing towers), Tiger Pao, Yunqi, Botanical Garden, Zoo, Children's Park and Hu Xueyan's former residence implement a policy of exempting domestic and foreign tourists from the first entrance ticket.
Even if it is free, you still need to "reserve to visit" to enter the park attractions. The reservation channel will be opened at 10:00 on December 31, 2022.
Reservations can be made in advance through the "Ticket Purchase" channel in the WeChat applet "Handheld West Lake", or follow the WeChat public accounts of "Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area", "West Lake Tourism" and related attractions.
Yangzhou
Slender West Lake and other state-owned scenic spots are open for free
During the Spring Festival in 2023 (January 21-27), all state-owned scenic spots such as Slender West Lake, Geyuan Garden, Heyuan Garden, and Zhuyu Bay are open for free, and some scenic spots must be reserved in advance to enter the park (including various free certificates and annual cards) For details, please pay attention to the official website of each scenic spot, WeChat public account or consult in advance.
The Beiqing Daily reporter noticed that the free and open scenic spots include Slender West Lake, He Garden, Daming Temple, Hanling Garden, Geyuan Shikefa Memorial Hall, Wang's Small Garden, Qionghua Temple, Ruan Yuan Family Temple, Song Jiacheng, Zhu Ziqing Memorial Hall, Yangzhou Museum, Canal Sanwan Scenic Area, etc.
At the same time, during the Spring Festival, there are 7 tourist attractions including Tianle Lake Tourist Area in Yizheng City, Rundefeier Manor, Nashan Geological Park, Outdoor Gorilla Park, Baoying Lake Wetland Park in Baoying County, Dream City in Yangzhou, and Jieshou Reed Marsh in Gaoyou City. Non-state-owned scenic spots implement preferential admission.
Tibet
Free admission to the Potala Palace until mid-March
On January 1, the Potala Palace issued a notice that according to the preferential policy of the Tibet Autonomous Region Tourism Development Department on the fifth round of "Winter Tour to Tibet", the Potala Palace will be free to visit from the opening day to March 15.
The Potala Palace Management Office has properly arranged for the opening work, and has inspected and disinfected public areas, facilities and equipment.
Combined with the normal work requirements of epidemic prevention and control, in order to ensure the safe and orderly opening of the Potala Palace, visitors need to log in to the "Potala Palace Ticket Reservation System" WeChat mini-program to reserve tickets one day in advance; tourists can enter directly after body temperature testing and security checks .
Tourists must wear masks all the way and keep a distance of more than 1 meter.
Text/Reporter Li Tiezhu Coordinator/Sun Huili