Visitors to Ha Long Bay will have to pay 40,000 VND to enter and exit the port.

Tuan Chau Group (Quang Ninh) has just announced that it will collect passenger fees through Tuan Chau International Cruise Port from tourists from November 1, 2016 with two prices: 40,000 VND/person round trip and 20,000 VND/person/incoming or outgoing trip.

Tuan Chau tourist port will charge visitors to visit the Bay from November 1, 2016 - Photo: BQN

Thus, visitors to Ha Long Bay now have to pay at least four types of fees: Port fees, Ha Long Bay tour fees, tour fees for each cave in Ha Long Bay and the cost of renting a tourist transport boat. Many tourists believe that charging port fees for domestic tourists or foreign tourists traveling by cruise ship from the mainland to visit the bay is unreasonable, because this cost must be paid by the cruise ship companies that have already paid for the anchorage and berth fees for the port.

However, Mr. Dao Anh Tuan, General Director of Au Lac Company Limited (Tuan Chau Group) said: Tuan Chau Tourist Port is a private project with 100% investment capital from the enterprise, so the capital must be recovered.

Mr. Nguyen Duc Long, Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province, said that the collection of fees for using wharves and mooring buoys for passengers passing through Tuan Chau international passenger port must be carried out in accordance with the guidance of the Ministry of Finance, in accordance with the actual situation of the locality, and in harmony with the interests of tourists and businesses.

According toVu Mien/VOV-Northeast