Do I need to buy tickets for Hangzhou West Lake? Why is there no tickets for Hangzhou West Lake?

West Lake is a scenic spot in Hangzhou, which attracts tourists from home and abroad every year. Today, the early spring scenery of West Lake in Hangzhou has been on the hot search list on Weibo. It has to be said that the natural scenery of West Lake in Hangzhou is really beautiful. And since 2002, there is no need to buy tickets to visit West Lake Scenic Area. So why is there no ticket for West Lake?

Do I need to buy tickets to visit West Lake in Hangzhou?

There is no need for tickets to visit West Lake in Hangzhou, but there are also paid items

In the past, you had to take a boat to visit scenic spots such as the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon (one of the ten scenic spots of West Lake) in the middle of the lake, and you had to buy a ticket. You had to pay to climb the Leifeng Pagoda to visit the Leifeng Sunset.

You can take a sightseeing bus around West Lake, and you can pay for the sightseeing bus in sections. You can also rent a bicycle, and the best way to travel is to walk and ride. Hangzhou Bus Company offers free public bicycle rentals throughout the city.

Why is the West Lake in Hangzhou free of charge?

West Lake is only a part of the scenic area. Tea mountains occupy more than half of the area in the West Lake scenic area, and Longjing tea is also produced in abundance. Generally, there is no entrance fee to the scenic area, but you still need to pay if you want to experience the services inside, after all, it is a scenic area. For example, if you want to take a boat, it starts at 35 yuan per person, and if you want to row a boat, it is also charged by the hour; the same is true for Leifeng Pagoda. If you want to enter, you also need to pay 40 yuan, and there are also 10 yuan for Jingci Temple, 30 yuan for Yue Temple, and about 55 yuan for boat tickets + tickets to see the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon. There are also various restaurants and souvenir shops, all of which need to be rented, and the rent is estimated to be not cheap.

In addition, it is also to boost the economy around West Lake and the tourist flow of other small scenic spots, so that the small scenic spots can promote West Lake.

What are the ten scenic spots of West Lake in Hangzhou?

The ten old sceneries are Autumn Moon over Pinghu Lake, Spring Dawn over Su Causeway, Residual Snow over Broken Bridge, Sunset over Leifeng Pagoda, Evening Bell over Nanping Mountain, Lotus in Windy Courtyard, Fish Watching at Flower Harbor, Orioles Singing in Willow Waves, Three Pools Mirroring the Moon, and Two Peaks Piercing the Clouds.

The last ten scenes are Yunqi Bamboo Path, Manlong Osmanthus Rain, Hupao Dream Spring, Longjing Tea, Jiuxi Misty Trees, Wushan Sky Wind, Ruandun Surrounded by Green, Huanglong Spouting Green, Jade Emperor Flying Clouds and Gem Flowing Clouds.

The new ten scenic spots are: Lingyin Zen Traces, Liuhe Listening to the Waves, Yue Tomb Qixia, Lakeside in Sunny and Rainy Days, Qian Temple Showing Loyalty, Wansong Books, Yangdi Jingxing, Santai Clouds and Water, Meiwu Early Spring, and North Street Dream Search.

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The general trend of national tourist attractions is to waive entrance fees, but various services inside are still charged. This is actually a win-win solution. Because the entrance fee is waived, it is easier for people to go to the scenic spot. In this way, the service charges inside will drive the economy of the entire scenic spot, and then drive the economic income of all tourism industries and related industrial chains. If the scenic spot charges entrance fees, it will intercept the flow of tourists and affect other industries in the scenic spot. However, there are still many scenic spots that charge entrance fees. The country has not completely abolished the policy of charging entrance fees, it is just a trend.