Entrance ticket for foreigners visiting Taj Mahal increased to Rs.1000
Posted on: 02/Apr/2016 10:40:33 AM
As per the decision taken by the central government Tourism Department during last September, the entrance tickets for visiting ancient famous tourist spots in the country was increased by 200 percent.
As the various tourism agencies strongly protested this, the decision was delayed.
As per the order coming into effect from 1st April, 2016 the earlier entrance ticket for foreigners visiting Taj Mahal was Rs. 250/- and now it is being increased to Rs. 500/-. As an additional Rs. 500/- is being collected as Entrance Tax, the foreign tourists have to spend Rs. 1000.
Even the local persons visiting Taj Mahal will have to pay more for entrance ticket, this has been increased from Rs. 10/- to Rs. 40/-.
For visiting tourist spots like Qutab Minar, etc,, Indians will have to pay between Rs.5/- to Rs. 15/- and the foreigners will have to pay Rs, 100/- to Rs. 200/-.
It is worth mentioning here that the Tourism Ministry of Central Government has revised these rates after a gap of 12 years
