Examples of higher prices charged to tourists vs. locals [closed]

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I want to show my inexperienced travel partner in a fun way how local businesses often charge higher prices to tourists.

There was this fun bilingual sign circulated on the Internet but I can't find it, and I hope someone can:

Oranges - $5
Naranja - $3

Can someone find an image of it, or similar examples of tourist price traps or gouging?



Best Answer

In this museum in India, different fees are charged for Indians versus foreigners (?10/150), and there's a fee for using a camera (?50), which foreigners are more likely to do than locals. I assume that fees are based on the ability to pay, and foreigners are more likely to be able to pay more.

At Yuransen Onsen in Japan, there were different onsens for Japanese people and non-Japanese people. Japanese people were charged 360 yen, whereas non-Japanese people were charged 2500 yen (though that included renting a bath towel, a bathrobe, and a pair of bathing trunks). However, as a white tourist, I've never experienced discrimination at onsens, or in anything other than the adult industry in Japan.

My assumption is that most differences in pricing won't be because of direct discrimination, but due to indirect issues. Things like having to stay at a higher-quality hotel because it has multilingual staff, or choosing tourist-oriented transportation because you wouldn't know how to use public transport.

If you're after a picture of discriminatory pricing, you can find one by doing a google image search for "orange Naranja price sign", hosted on a very spammy site. But don't trust viral images spreading across the internet. They're usually fake, or out of context.




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Do tourists pay more than locals?

Tourists don't pay more, locals get a discount Perhaps a PR mistake is the way these places advertise the prices. Instead of showing that there is a separate local and foreign price, they should instead mention a discount for locals.

Why foreign tourists are charged more?

To begin with, many believe that charging high income from foreign tourists can help to increase the economy of a country by prospering the tourism sector. Moreover, by charging additional charges extra services can be given to the visitors so that they are tempted to visit these places.

Why tourists should pay more?

Firstly, when the foreign visitors pay more for a cultural and historical attraction, it will bring more income and economic benefits for the owners of that attraction (that city, country etc.). Further, the more money is gathered through the attraction, the more service the provider can give to the tourists.

What is pricing in tourism?

Price. Price is the value of the goods or services. According to Kotler, "Price is the amount of money charged for a good or service. More broadly, the price is the sum of the values having or using the product or service." It includes their sacrifice, effort or money.



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Answer 2

It's common enough in Australia, with very sensible reasoning behind it - the tourists are only going to visit your attraction once. The locals can keep coming back (and often bringing visitors as extras) because they don't have the travel cost.

Skyrail is an example that springs to mind. Although they don't advertise it on their website, they have offered discounted local rates in the past (verified here and here).

There aren't as many examples down here as there used to be because companies have moved on to the concept of an annual pass, equivalent in price to two or three regular visits, e.g. these guys who used to offer local rates in years past.

Answer 3

This is very common in Thailand, so much so that there's an entire website devoted to the topic: 2PriceThailand.com.

This is particularly easy to do in Thailand, since the Thai script has a native set of numerals. This means you can have ENTRANCE 100 BAHT right next to the Thai sign saying ?? ???, and the vast majority of farang visitors won't even realize they're getting charged five times more!

Answer 4

It used to be very common in China. One time I had been there long enough that I read the Chinese price on a sign first without paying attention to the English, and handed over the (I thought) appropriate amount. The poor girl had to explain that I had to fork over 10x as much as a gweilo.

These days the price seems to have gone up at most places to the same (high) price for everyone.

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