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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ok, but if they were being even kind of accurate, the numbers aren't akin to a discount. One is equivalent to about one quarter dollar, vs the other being the equivalent of nine dollars. That's gouging, not a locals discount.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

It's an apples to oranges comparison, though, since in India there is a much lower local median income than tourist median income. In the US, tourists and locals are likely to have near parity in income. And it's worth putting some perspective on it, that it's US$9 to visit a stunning world famous jewel of India. If someone pays to travel all that way and is complaining about coughing up US$9 then I don't know what to say.