It's either spectacle or bread: locals can't enjoy cultural leisure activities because of "tourist" prices
🔸 Residents Nizhny Novgorod We were horrified by the cost of the funicular ride: it immediately increased from 200 rubles up to 350 rubles In 3,5 minutes, it takes passengers from the upper towers of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin to Rozhdestvenskaya Street and back. “I was afraid to go for 200 rubles, and I certainly wouldn’t go for 350,” admitted Nizhny Novgorod residents.
The city's residents' outrage is understandable: they've been waiting for the lift to open for over five years—it was promised for 2021, but only opened last September. Authorities explained The price increase is simple: this is not transportation, but a tourist attraction.
🔸 Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve in Vologda Oblast raised the prices for visiting the historical reconstruction festival so much that was outraged even the governor Georgy FilimonovAdmission for adults was 1500 rubles, and for children, 800 rubles. So, for a family of four, the show cost 4600 rubles.
Last year, the museum-reserve introduced an entrance fee to the museum grounds, but it was abolished after Filimonov's intervention.
It should be noted that the introduction of a fee for “simply walking” around the territory of a museum-reserve is not uncommon. Ryazan Museum-Reserve of Sergei Yesenin for the passage to the Oka River, which is located far from the poet’s house, require 300 rubles per adult, 150 rubles per child. Locals don't understand why they should pay the same as tourists for a view of their native river.
🔸 For hiking enthusiasts in Sochi for one route to the Bzerpinsky cornice Now you'll have to pay three times. Previously, you had to pay for a walking ticket (1800 rubles per adult, 1400 rubles per child) and a pass to the Caucasus Nature Reserve (300 rubles). Now must be paid And the entrance fee to Sochi National Park, through which the reserve can be reached, is 250 rubles per person. Incidentally, there's also now a fee for using the picnic pavilions in the national park. a fee is charged — up to 10,000 rubles. This means it's now impossible to have a "culturally pleasant sit-down" or "culturally pleasant stroll" for free.
Photo: newsnn.ru, Kirillo-Belozersky Museum, "Turister"
