We are very concerned at Yushan National Park’s plan to introduce a double-pricing system for hikers staying at Paiyun Lodge on Jade Mountain, when the lodge re-opens. While we are grateful that ARC-holding foreign residents are exempt from paying the higher rate, we feel that charging foreign visitors over three times the rate applicable to local and foreign resident climbers is both unfair and liable to create negative publicity for both Yushan National Park and the Taiwanese tourism industry in general. This policy could also set a worrying precedent, possibly encouraging other key tourist attractions in Taiwan to start their own dual-pricing system....Please take a moment and sign the petition...
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The Yushan discrimination against the foreigners looks to me a 'Blue' pill to lock people's mind inside the box of 'One China Two Districts'. Let's see if Yushan National Park will price the PRC citizens as 'domestic'.
That is the main purpose behind the discrimination. The second purpose is to let the westerners feel unwelcome in Taiwan. Hopefully the westerneers, who understand the real situation of formosans and love Yushan, will pack their democratic voice and go home.
I don't mind if they charge PRC Chinese double, triple or even 10x the going rate if it keeps them away.
If possible, I like to classify Yushan National Park as 'Sacred Site of Formosa'. Tourists of the citizens of 'Hostile Country', which by definition aims missiles at Formosa, will be bared from it. PRC is the only hostile country that Formosa has at this moment.
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