ASI defers entry hike till April 1

The entry fee for all Grade I monuments all over India will be

` to` ` ` increased from 250 750 and from 100 to 250 from April 1, for all foreign visitors. Rathore says, “We have approached the tourism minister who fortunately is also in-charge of ASI. We have requested ASI in New Delhi and they have deferred it till April. But if they implement this it will be a huge problem for agents. We have suggested that instead of increasing ` ` `

500 in one shot, do it piecemeal – 250 in this year and 250 in the following year. “Cancellations will only happen when this is implemented. Some of our agents from Germany have said that if this is implemented they may cancel all their departures to India,” he fears.