To further strengthen the management of outdoor activities in the Siguniang Mountain scenic area and promote their safe, orderly, and sustainable development, the Siguniang Mountain Scenic Area Administration, in accordance with the spirit of the A'ba Prefecture Development and Reform document, will officially introduce a dedicated ticket for outdoor activities on August 15, 2013. This outdoor activity ticket will be subject to a real-name system. After purchasing the outdoor activity ticket, visitors will no longer need to buy the regular scenic area admission ticket or pay the outdoor environmental protection fee.
The specific announcement details are as follows:
1. The Siguniang Mountain outdoor activity service fee is set at 150 yuan per person per trip for a base period of three days, with an additional 30 yuan per person per day for each extra day.
2. Once the outdoor activity service fee is paid, no additional scenic area admission ticket or outdoor environmental protection fee will be charged.
3. The scope of the outdoor activity service fee includes: mountaineering, trekking, camping, ice climbing, rock climbing, and similar activities.
In this announcement, we see the range of fees covered and how they are collected, but there is no mention of outdoor rescue costs, measures, or how the Siguniang Mountain scenic area plans for and maintains its facilities. In the second point, there is only a brief mention of the outdoor environmental protection fee. We wonder what the actual significance of this dedicated outdoor activity ticket really is. What are the concrete benefits of this policy for Siguniang Mountain and the many outdoor enthusiasts? That remains unclear. How far this system will go—perhaps only the policymakers themselves know, or maybe even they don’t. Humanity, nature, and outdoor activities are all regulated and reflected through this announcement alone.