It is sometimes argued whether tourists from overseas should be charged more than native residents for visiting
monuments
or not. I partly agree with
this
idea.
On the one hand, it is understandable why many argue that foreign
visitors
should not pay more
money
for tourist sites. One of the main reasons is that it may create discrimination among them and lead to negative misunderstanding.
This
is because in these places, abroad
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and local
people
are provided
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same services, so foreign
visitors
would confuse why they have to pay more
money
than native
visitors
and they may think that the owners of these are abusing them.
Moreover
, they would feel that they are not welcomed by
this
country
.
As a result
, they would perhaps decide not to travel there.
This
will lead to the reduction of tourists, which affects the
country
’s economy dramatically in the long run. Another reason is that the holiday of foreign
people
contributes a considerable amount of
money
to the host
country
through the tax system and additional services
such
as goods, food, souvenirs, accommodation, and so on.
Therefore
, it is unfair to require them to pay an extra entrance fee.
On the other hand
, there are many reasons why the aboard
visitors
must expend extremely large amounts of cash to see and use the valuable
monuments
.
First
, most of the traditional and historical places are state-owned and the government funds those from the tax they collect from the local residences. It means that local residences are already paying a portion of the ticket
money
through the tax they pay to the government.
Therefore
, local residents should receive a partial discount when buying tickets to visit those
monuments
.
Second
, paying less will create
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conditions and incentives to encourage
people
to visit the national
monuments
more. One of the main purposes of the existence of
monuments
is to preserve and spread the history and culture of that
country
. It is the
people
of the
country
who most need to be exposed to and understand these histories and cultures.
Therefore
, local
people
should be allowed to pay less for visiting historical and cultural sites.
Finally
, the foreign
people
will be encouraged to carefully preserve the important
monuments
if they have a large amount of
money
for visiting there.
In conclusion,
although
some
people
claim that the fee is paid for visiting tourist sites should be equal for abroad
people
and local inhabitants, I think that foreigners should outlay more and more
money
for some above reasons.