Entry tickets for Taj Mahal to be available from other monumental sites in India from November 16, 2009

According to a UNI report, tourist wanting to visit the Taj Mahal in Agra will have the facility to buy entrance ticket from various monumental sites spread across the country from November 16, 2009, when the new system will be introduced. It will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Dr A R Siddiqui, Superintendent, Archaeology Department said that tickets to foreign tourists will be available from next day of the inauguration, while the facility will be extended to domestic tourists later.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in collaboration with the Agra Development Authority (ADA) has prepared a composite ticket for foreigners, which included Rs 250 of Entry Tax of ASI and Rs 750 of Road Tax charge of ADA. “This step has been taken to ease the problems often faced by foreign tourists to buy the tickets,” added Siddiqui.