Taj Mahal entry price hiked
Travellers visiting the Taj Mahal will have to pay more for the privilege after authorities hiked the price of tickets.
For foreign visitors, entry to the famous monument has increased to Rs1,000 (£10.60), up from Rs750 (£8), while entry for domestic visitors has doubled from Rs20 to Rs40.
While the increases are significant, they are actually less than originally proposed by custodians the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
ASI asked for increases to Rs50 for domestic and Rs1,250 for foreign tourists, but the government relented after protests from the local tourism industry.
Entrance tickets to other monuments within the Agra circuit such as Fatehpur Sikri, Agra Fort, Etmauddaula and Sikandra have also been raised by a similar percentage.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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