Annual pass to help tourists earn discounts

Shanghai Daily

THE Shanghai tourism authority has released a set of annual passes for industrial tourism sites next year that can help tourists save about 3,700 yuan (US$499.49), the Labor Daily reported today.

The passes, worth 50 yuan, offer tourists a wide range of discounts, even free access in some cases, according to the industrial tourism promotion center.

A total of 114 scenic spots – most in Shanghai with a few in neighboring Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces – are covered by the passes, said the promotion center.

Admission to 26 tourist sites is free if visitors show the passes. They include Shanghai Sculpture Space, China's national musical instruments museum, Foreign-educated Chinese Museum and the ancient town of Qibao, the report said.

Tickets for another 89 spots will be available at a discount of 50 to 90 percent. These destinations include the peach blossom village in Nanhui District, where admission will be only 10 yuan with the 50 percent discount.

However, discounts can only be enjoyed a maximum of three times in this village, the report said.

Families of three can enjoy discounts of up to 30 yuan if they tour places such as the Shanghai Automobile Museum, Shanghai Binhai Forest Park and Shanghai Flower Port, the report said.

Twenty-yuan discounts are also available at Shanghai Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, where life-sized wax figures of celebrities are on display, the report said.

The passes will become available on January 1 and can either be bought at local Oriental kiosks or at the promotion center, according to an anonymous source with the center.