Personal experience, the key to improving cost-effectiveness when visiting: 1. Go in the off-season, tickets to many scenic spots are half-price, and there are fewer people.
2. Go further, don’t ask for tickets or tickets are cheap and there are few people.
3. Do more homework, communicate more with your peers, and find scenic spots that interest you but that others are not interested in. They are cheap and less crowded.
4. For seasonal attractions, do your homework and go at the right time, it will be worth the price.
5. For popular scenic spots that are too conventional, do enough homework, visit in depth, and experience the points of interest as much as possible to make it worth the price.
Here are some recommendations: 1. Go in the off-season. Tickets for many scenic spots are half-price and there are fewer people.
Gannan Langmusi is free in winter and there are almost no tourists. If you do your homework in advance, you can catch up with the grand Buddhist activities, which are spectacular and free.
Encountering snow is like a fairyland.
In 2010, winter tickets to Labrang Monastery in Gannan were half-price. There were few tourists, many Tibetans, and food and accommodation were cheap.
Tickets for Tianshui Maijishan Grottoes are half-price in winter. You can see the beautiful scenery of Maijishan Grottoes covered with snow. There are so few tourists and no one is crowded on the plank road. You can watch it as long as you want and take pictures as you like.
The Lhasa Bu Palace in winter has off-season fares. You don’t have to queue up to buy tickets in advance. You can come in as you go. You can see as much as you want. You can go back if you want. Definitely not in summer.
Moreover, there are few tourists in Lhasa in winter. People from the front and back Tibet, Weizang and Kham areas all go up. There seems to be a free Tibetan clothing exhibition in front of the Jokhang Temple. Take a look at it.
There are fewer tourists visiting Xuankong Temple and Yungang Grottoes in winter than in the other three seasons.
The plank road of Xuankong Temple is not crowded, and there is no need to weaken your legs.
There are few tourists in Yungang Grottoes. You can buy a manual for each cave and read it slowly, which is better than what the tour guide explains.
Dunhuang and Mogao Grottoes have half-price tickets in winter, so there are very few tourists. There are as many caves as there are in summer, and no one sees the restoration exhibition at the museum at the door.
There are no tourists in Thousand Buddha Cave, so just look around.
The disadvantage is that Mingsha Mountain is cold and Crescent Moon Spring is frozen.
Please click to enter a picture to describe Gannan Langmusi Temple in winter. Please click to enter a picture to describe Gannan Labrang Temple in winter. Please click to enter a picture to describe Tianshui Maijishan Grottoes. 2. Go further, don’t ask for tickets or tickets are cheap and there are few people.
Many sacred mountains, holy lakes, and small villages in Tibet and Qinghai are beautiful and free.
Dangra Yongcuo, Zharinanbucuo, Xiannyvcuo, Pangong Cuo, Yamdrok Yongcuo; Animaqing Snow Mountain, Wenbu Village, Jilong Valley.
Some relatively inexpensive temples have ancient and exquisite murals.
I have never been to Xinjiang, but I think if you are willing to look for it, there are many scenic spots like this in Xinjiang.
Please click to enter the picture description. Self-driving around Beijing, the Aershan Forest Park in Inner Mongolia in summer and autumn is so worth visiting and spending the night there.
When driving around Beijing, the Hongsongwa Forest Park next to Mulan Paddock in Hebei Province is worth a visit in summer.
The windmills are spectacular and the fare evasion routes are ripe.
It is recommended to camp. When the weather is good, the Milky Way is draped around you, making you feel like you are in a dreamland.
No tourists.
Please click to enter the picture description of Hongsongwa Forest Park when you are in Yongcuo. 3. Do more homework, communicate more with your peers, and find scenic spots that interest you but others are not interested in. They are cheap and have few people.
Gongyi Grotto Temple was a national cultural protection unit in 1982; Gongyi Yongzhao Tomb and other imperial mausoleums.
These places are quite interesting, the tickets are not expensive, and there are almost no tourists.
Gongyi is not far from Luoyang and has convenient transportation. When visiting Longmen Grottoes, you can arrange a day to go to Gongyi.
The food here is also unique and worth tasting.
A friend of mine has been to this place, so I looked up the guide and followed it immediately.
The Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing are very good, but the Beishan Rock Carvings, only two kilometers away from Dazu, have been almost forgotten.
In fact, the ticket price here is not expensive, which is equivalent to free of charge compared with Dazu, but there are many stone carvings, which are well preserved, and there are not many tourists. Compared with Dazu, the stone carvings here are more delicate and have distinctive features.
Walk slowly, look slowly, taste slowly, there are no crowds of people, take a guide or guide book, you can see as much as you want, there is no way to cheat.
And this place can be known by doing a little research before traveling.
Luomu Ancient Town and Liujiang Ancient Town next to Mount Emei.
Mount Emei itself is actually very good, but if you can visit these two ancient towns, it will definitely be worthwhile.
Liujiang Ancient Town was built in the 10th year of the Southern Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 800 years. The entrance fee seems to be 5 yuan or 10 yuan.
Luomu Ancient Town is a 10-minute taxi ride from Emei Scenic Area, free of charge.
The ancient towns in Sichuan and Sichuan are all very charming, with unhurried people, charming old buildings, and special snacks. The most important thing is that there are few tourists, it is cheap, and you can relax and take photos and play.
In addition, we also recommend Sichuan’s Tiefo Ancient Town, Enyang Ancient Town, the half-new and half-old Langzhong Ancient City, etc. They are all free and fun.
These places were told to me by friends who like ancient towns in Sichuan during exchanges, so I went there, hahaha.
Bolden Forest Park next to Jigong Mountain in Xinyang is the largest bald cypress forest park in the country. Many people in Xinyang have been to Jigong Mountain, but they don't know it.
The bald cypress trees are incredibly beautiful, there are very few tourists, and the tickets are not expensive.
A local friend in Xinyang who likes photography told me about this place and suggested going in the morning.
Quanzhou and its many scenic spots.