Parking service price chaos at Ong Hoang Muoi Temple on New Year's Eve

As a spiritual and cultural site, it attracts many tourists to visit and worship. However, the parking fee atTemple of Mr. Hoang MuoiThe price has been increased many times during Tet holidays, making tourists "shocked" and indignant. In particular, there are many parking lots around this relic, but the service prices are not consistent, even when entering the main parking lot under the management board, there is no ticket.

Collecting motorbike parking tickets at the parking lot right in front of the gate of Ong Hoang Muoi Temple. Photo: PV

Mr. Nguyen Van Hop - from Hanoi returned to his hometown to celebrate Tet, on the occasion of the New Year, he went to Ong Hoang Muoi Temple to burn incense, but he was surprised when the car parking fee in this area was much higher than normal days. He parked his 4-seater car for 20,000 VND, while on normal days it was only 10,000 VND.

There are many different parking lots in this area, the largest of which is the parking lot under the name of the Hoang Muoi Temple Management Board. However, the parking fees here are also different, with car parking fees starting from 20,000 VND or more.

On the occasion of the New Year, Ong Hoang Muoi Temple often attracts a lot of visitors from all over the world. Photo: PV

Even at the same parking lot, the billboard from the Lam River embankment says the parking fee for motorbikes is 5,000 VND; 4-seat cars are 15,000 VND; 7-seat cars are 20,000 VND. However, on the same billboard from the Vinh bypass, the parking fee for motorbikes is 5,000 VND; 4-seat cars are 25,000 VND; 7-seat cars are 30,000 VND. This causes many people to be confused when parking their cars at the lot.

From the Lam River embankment, the parking fee for motorbikes is 5,000 VND, 4-seat cars is 15,000 VND and 7-seat cars is 20,000 VND. Photo: PV

But with that same billboard, the parking fee at this location has been raised from the Vinh bypass. Photo: PV

Even the parking lot of the Hoang Muoi Temple Management Board, on the afternoon of the first day of Tet, when we entered to park, there was no ticket, but the staff collected 20,000 VND. Meanwhile, the parking price list is based on Decision 80/2016/QD-UBND, dated December 20, 2016 of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee, the parking price for cars with 7 seats or less is 18,000 VND.

Not to mention, in reality, according to Decision 80, the parking fee for cars with 7 seats or less in Vinh City or town is 10,000 VND/time; in plain and lowland districts it is 9,000 VND/time. As for cars with more than 7 seats, trucks, and passenger cars, the fee in Vinh City or town is from 12,000 VND to 15,000 VND/time; in plain and lowland districts it is from 10,000 VND to 14,000 VND/time.

We entered the main parking lot of the Hoang Muoi Temple Management Board but there were no tickets and the price was 20,000 VND per turn for a 4-seater car. Photo: PV

However, in reality, at the parking lots around Ong Hoang Muoi Temple, the parking service prices are very unclear and almost ignore Decision 80 of the Provincial People's Committee!? This really needs to be corrected, to ensure that the relic sites, temples, and pagodas become a true cultural and spiritual tourist destination.