It is sometimes argued that tourists from overseas should be charged more than local residents to visit important sites and monuments. I completely disagree whit this idea.
The argument in favour of higher price for foreign tourists would be that cultural or historical attractions often depend on state subsidies to keep them going, which means that the resident population already pays money to these sites through the tax system. However, this is believed to be strong shortsighted view. Foreign tourists contribute to the economy of the host country with the money they spend on a wide range of goods and services, including food, souvenirs,accommodation and travel. The government and inhabitants of every country should be happy to subsidies important tourist sites and encourage people from the rest of the world to visit them.
If travelers realized that they would have to pay more to visit historical and cultural attraction in a particular nation, they would perhaps decide no to go to that country on holiday. To take the UK as an example, the tourism industry and many related jobs rely in visitors coming to the country to see place like Windsor Castle and Saint Paul’s Cathedral. These two sites charge the same price regardless of nationality, and this helps to promote the nations cultural heritage. If overseas tourists stopped coming due to higher price, there would be a risk of insufficient funding for the maintenance of these important buildings.
To sum up, I believe that every effort should be made to attract tourists from overseas, and it would be counterproductive to make them pay more than local residents.