To promote tourism in the province, the Quang Binh provincial government has announced to cut the entrance fee to many caves in half, including Son Doong – the world’s largest natural cave in Vietnam by cross-sectional method and It is also the cave with the highest price.

Specifically, the caves that are eligible for the fee reduction are Son Doong, Tu Lan, Phong Nha, Rao Thuong-En stream and Nuoc Lanh cave, Hamada valley-Tra Ang cave and Dai A-Over-Pigmy cave.

According to Oxalis Adventure – the adventure tour operator, the entrance ticket to Son Doong is 660 USD/person. Other places are much cheaper to visit like 5.2 USD/person (200,000 VND) to Phong Nha Cave or 8.7 USD/person (200,000 VND) to Hamada Valley-Tra Ang Cave.

In addition, the province also reduced the entrance fee by 20% to some famous tourist attractions such as Mooc spring, Thien Duong cave, Chay river-dark cave or Phong Nha-Tien Son.

Mooc Spring Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park

Although the number of tourists to Son Doong cave in 2020 tripled compared to the previous year during the pandemic, the overall number of tourists to the province in the first half of 2021 decreased significantly at 41% year-on-year. 2020.

The halving of the entrance ticket price plays an important role in revitalizing the business of tour operators as well as gradually restoring the local tourism industry.