Sam Mountain National Tourist Area Management Board innovates fee collection

Current ticket control points will be relocated to areas suitable for reality, not affecting residents and tourists if they do not need to visit relics in the tourist area.

The implementation is expected to be carried out by the end of October 2025, ensuring scientific and accurate collection, aiming at minimizing impacts on people and businesses.

Sam Mountain National Tourist Area was recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a national tourist area in 2018, including a complex of 5 national relics: Ba Chua Xu Temple of Sam Mountain - architectural and artistic relic, Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb - architectural and artistic relic, Tay An Pagoda - architectural and artistic relic, Hang Pagoda - historical and cultural relic and Chau Phu communal house - architectural and artistic relic.

According to the provisions of the Law on Cultural Heritage, cultural works and historical relics must be invested in to restore, protect and promote their cultural values from the State budget and the source of entrance fees according to the Law on Fees and Charges prescribed by the State.

Recently, the Management Board of Sam Mountain National Tourist Area has been assigned the task of collecting entrance fees according to the provisions of law and the Resolution of the Provincial People's Council.

Director of the Sam Mountain National Tourist Area Management Board, Truong Huu Tien, said that due to its unique characteristics, the Sam Mountain National Tourist Area is located interspersed with residential areas, so the organization of entrance fee collection has encountered many difficulties in recent times.

Under the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, the Management Board of the National Tourist Area of Sam Mountain has coordinated with relevant agencies and localities to conduct surveys, research and develop plans to arrange points of sale and check tickets to visit cultural and historical relics in the National Tourist Area of Sam Mountain to ensure scientific, correct and sufficient collection, minimizing impacts on people and businesses.

Proposed diagram of ticket sales and check points for visiting cultural and historical relics in Sam Mountain National Tourist Area.

According to the plan approved by the Provincial People's Committee, the Management Board of Sam Mountain National Tourist Area will arrange 3 ticket control points: Ticket control point No. 1, at the beginning of the walking street in front of Tay An Pagoda; Ticket control point No. 2, at the end of the walking street in front of Vinh Te Communal House; Ticket control point No. 3, at the entrance to the back gate of Ba Temple on Chau Thi Te Street (from the entrance 30 meters towards Ba Temple).

Ticket booths are expected to be located at 3 locations: Ticket booth No. 1, at the tourist transit point of the Management Board of the National Tourist Area of Sam Mountain - Vinh Dong Commercial Center area; Ticket booth No. 2, at the old sculpture area on Tan Lo Kieu Luong Street near the water supply station; Ticket booth No. 3, at the end of the walking street in front of Vinh Te communal house.

In addition, during peak times (January and February of the lunar calendar every year), arrange 2-3 more ticket sales points on Tan Lo Kieu Luong and Le Dai Cuong streets (in front of Vinh Dong Market Trade Center) to reduce pressure on ticket sales point number 2, creating the most convenience for tourists to buy tickets.

At the same time, stop stopping vehicles to buy tickets at the current 3 locations to ensure safety for the task force and facilitate smooth traffic.

Current ticket control points will be relocated to areas suitable for reality, not affecting residents and tourists if they do not need to visit relics in the tourist area.

According to Mr. Tien, the new point of this plan is that the ticket sales and control will gradually shift from manual to electronic form, applying technology for management. Ticket sales will be diversified with many forms for tourists to choose from, such as: Online ticket sales, ticket sales at hotels and motels with QR code scanning payment, direct ticket sales at the counter...

The Management Board of the Sam Mountain National Tourist Area coordinates with local authorities to strengthen the handling of street vendors encroaching on the sidewalk, touts, and solicitors causing inconvenience to tourists; organize good management of motorbike taxis and rickshaws to ensure security, order, and safety for tourists; organize good implementation of civilized commerce in the area from Tay An Pagoda to Vinh Te Communal House and gradually expand to the entire area.

For visitors using personal vehicles when entering this area, they will buy entrance tickets according to regulations, and at the same time, follow the traffic signs and instructions of the competent state agencies.

For households living in this area, the Management Board of Sam Mountain National Tourist Area and Vinh Te Ward People's Committee will review vehicles and population numbers to have identification plans (in many forms: Identification cards, QR code scanning access cards, AI identification...) to facilitate people's entry and exit.

Sam Mountain National Tourist Area is one of the key tourist areas of the province, a valuable tourism resource and an important source of livelihood, creating jobs for local people, and a driving force for local socio-economic development.

With that importance, the Management Board of Sam Mountain National Tourist Area is making efforts and actively coordinating with local authorities, mass front agencies and people to urgently innovate the collection of entrance fees to improve the quality of tourism services, creating favorable conditions to attract and retain tourists when coming to Sam Mountain National Tourist Area in particular and An Giang province in general.

During the implementation of the new plan, the Management Board of Sam Mountain National Tourist Area continues to listen and absorb comments from local people and tourists to make appropriate adjustments in accordance with the direction of the Provincial People's Committee...

Director of the Sam Mountain National Tourist Area Management Board Truong Huu Tien said that the rearrangement of ticket control points and ticket counters is in accordance with current legal regulations and the reality in the Sam Mountain National Tourist Area. At the same time, it does not affect the people and tourists if they do not want to visit the relics in the tourist area.

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