A corner of Hon Kho tourist area in Quy Nhon Dong ward, Gia Lai province - Photo: TK
On August 6, Mr. Tran Viet Quang, Chairman of the People's Committee of Quy Nhon Dong Ward, Gia Lai , confirmed that through monitoring the situation, he noted that there are many opinions about the fee to visit Hon Kho.
What does public opinion say about the entrance fee to Hon Kho?
Mr. Quang said this is a business activity of the enterprise and the province has leased the land to the enterprise.
"Businesses collect fees to operate, but if they charge too high, fewer tourists will come to Hon Kho," said Mr. Quang.
Many opinions say that applying a fee of 80,000 VND is not appropriate, when services at Hon Kho are still poor.
Meanwhile, some people say that the beach is a public space and should be free for people to visit. Others suggest that Hon Kho needs to invest in more services such as beach lifeguards, cleaning services, garbage collection, etc. to make it worth the fee.
Businesses say they have invested and must collect fees.
Previously, Tocepo Trading and Service Company Limited announced that it would charge visitors an entrance fee to Hon Kho tourist site. Specifically, from August 4, the company officially charged visitors an entrance fee of VND80,000 per visit.
According to the company, the fee includes VAT and accompanying services such as: tourist insurance, reception services, guides, use of beach umbrellas, cleaning and bathing, infrastructure maintenance, etc.
Mr. Nguyen Van Cong, director of Tocepo Company, said that the company carefully considered the ticket prices and consulted the ticket prices of neighboring locations when implementing the fee collection. According to Mr. Cong, the fee collection is to recover investment capital for the tourist destination and cover operating costs, the collection level is decided based on the value of the investment rate for the tourist destination.
Specifically, in addition to the land rent paid to the State for a period of 50 years, the company has invested in bringing electricity, water, and telecommunications to Hon Kho and built business service infrastructure here, hired personnel to manage operations, environmental sanitation, etc.
Investing in an island is quite expensive, while due to weather conditions, the tourist season can only be exploited for about 6 months each year.
The company said it had carefully calculated the ticket prices to balance the needs of tourists and recover investment costs for the tourist site. Mr. Cong said that in fact, this tourist site has not yet collected fees because some items have not been completed.
Land lease for 50 years to build Hon Kho tourist site
According to the reporter's investigation, in July 2023, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Binh Dinh province (old) decided to approve the land price to calculate the land rent of the Hon Kho tourist site project (phase 1). According to the land lease plan, the Hon Kho tourist site was approved by the Provincial People's Committee for lease with an area of 8,172m2 ; including public service land, beach, traffic land, natural mountain rocks.
Land price is calculated to collect land rent paid once for the entire 50-year land lease term. Of which, public service land has an area of 2,227m2 , unit price is 1.29 million VND/ m2 ; the remaining 5,946m2 is beach land, traffic, natural rock, unit price is 387,000 VND/ m2 .
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/thu-phi-80-000-dong-khach-ra-hon-kho-dan-mang-tranh-cai-chu-dau-tu-noi-gi-20250806165232098.htm
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