What is a Big Ticket Item?

Tickets are usually a kind of valuable tickets issued, produced, sold and supervised by the organizers of commercial events or the management of tourist attractions. Such as parks, museums, stadiums, etc. It is usually one-off and requires money to buy, sometimes called an admission ticket (of course, it may also be a promotion or a thank you for free tickets issued by old customers).

[mén piào]

1. [entrance ticket; admission ticket]:

2. [admission fee]: admission fee ^[1]

Refers to the ticket.

By texture: paper tickets, plastic tickets, metal tickets, magnetic card tickets, etc .; by form: ordinary tickets, special tickets; by nature: tourism tickets, non-tourism tickets; by visit place: garden tickets Tickets for venues.

Under the initiative of the China Tourist Attractions Association, 2050 5A and 4A scenic spots across the country signed a "no increase in ticket prices" commitment, accounting for about 80% of all 5A and 4A high-grade scenic spots.

Among these promised scenic spots, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Hebei, Heilongjiang and other places have the most scenic spots. There are 191 scenic spots in Shandong Province that promise not to raise prices, including 9 5A grades such as Qufu Sankong, Taishan, Laoshan, Penglai, and Liugong Island. There are 169 in Jiangsu Province, including 14 5A-level scenic spots including Confucius Temple, Suzhou Gardens, Zhouzhuang Ancient Town, Suzhou Tongli, and Shouxi Lake in Yangzhou. 132 in Zhejiang Province. There are 116 scenic spots in Sichuan Province that promise not to raise prices, including 6 5A-level scenic spots such as Dujiangyan, Emeishan and Jiuzhaigou. Hebei and Heilongjiang have promised more than 100 scenic spots, including 5 5A-level scenic spots each.

According to reports, the current national tourist attractions are actively responding to the tourist attractions association's initiative under the promotion of tourism departments around the country, and continue to submit "no ticket price increase" commitment. China Tourist Attractions Association will continue to publish the list of promised scenic spots, and hope that the majority of tourists will supervise and support. ^[2]

According to the website information of the National Tourism Administration, on September 6, 2015, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Tourism Administration jointly issued the "Notice on Special Rectification of Ticket Prices for Scenic Spots" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice") to deploy local prices and tourism. The competent department carried out special management and rectification of the ticket price of scenic spots.

The "Notices" of the two departments proposed that, from September 2015 to August 2016, a one-year special rectification of ticket prices for scenic spots across the country will be carried out. The key points of the rectification are operators' failure to implement price policies, infringements on the legal rights and interests of tourist consumers, violations of pricing rules and procedures in the formulation of ticket prices by relevant government departments, and falsely high ticket prices. The "Notice" emphasized that during the special rectification period, for scenic spots where government pricing and government guidance prices are implemented, in principle, no new area ticket increase plan will be issued.

The "Notice" requires strict implementation of pricing rules and procedures, correcting irregular price adjustments, reducing unreasonable and inflated price levels, and further regulating the price behavior of operators in different types of scenic spots.

The Notice clearly states that the tourism authorities will strengthen the supervision and regulation of the tourist environment and facilities of the scenic spot, and take the implementation of the ticket price policy and the "national tourist price trustworthy scenic spot" as the assessment indicators for the quality level assessment and review of the scenic spot. A-level scenic spots that raise ticket prices in violation of regulations will be given a warning or punished for lowering or canceling the quality level; other scenic spots that raise ticket prices in violation of regulations will be allowed to participate in the assessment of the quality level of the scenic spots. Scenic spots that have been added to the "National Tourism Price Trustworthy Scenic Spots" commitment list should fulfill their commitment conditions and not increase ticket prices during the commitment period. Anyone who violates the conditions of the promise and raises the price of the ticket. If the tourism department refuses to correct it after the interview, he will be notified and criticized. He will be removed from the list of "National Tourism Price Trustworthy Scenic Spots" and announced to the public.

The "Notice" proposed that tourism authorities should give full play to the role of industry supervision and coordinate with the price authorities to do relevant work. The competent departments of prices and tourism at all levels shall strengthen supervision and cooperation and establish a mechanism for information exchange and punishment linkage. The competent price department shall promptly communicate with the competent tourism department for the scenic spots where violations of the ticket price policy are discovered and investigated. Scenic spots where tourism authorities have lowered or cancelled their quality grades shall perform the prescribed procedures in accordance with the law, re-approve, and reduce their ticket prices accordingly.

According to the requirements of the "Notice", the National Tourism Administration will immediately deploy and organize the tourism administrations in various places together with the price administrations to systematically sort out the ticket prices of scenic spots in various places, implement various policies and regulations as required, and welcome the National Day holiday to create a happy and peaceful Festive atmosphere. ^[3]

The Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the Beijing Municipal Tourism Commission have recently issued notices to the relevant departments of various districts on the special arrangements for the rectification of ticket prices for scenic spots in Beijing. The notice pointed out that from November 2015 to June 2016, Beijing will carry out special rectification of ticket prices for scenic spots. In the first half of 2016, it is necessary to reduce unreasonable and inflated ticket prices. Scenic spots with illegal prices can be reduced or cancelled. quality level.

The notice requires that for scenic spots that implement government pricing and government guidance prices, reduce unreasonable and inflated ticket prices, implement rectification measures before the end of April 2016, and announce them to the public; for scenic spots that implement market-adjusted prices, the tourism authority will take the lead Responsible for guiding the scenic area to appropriately reduce the high ticket prices. Scenic spots with significantly higher ticket prices and strong social response will be investigated by the competent price department for operating income and costs in accordance with the law, and related work will be completed by the end of June 2016. ^[4]