The authorities of Hoi An city in the central province of Quang Nam have allowed relics located in the old quarter to open at night for tourists.

Chua Cau, a famous site in Hoi An.

Since 1995, Hoi An has sold packaged tickets to tourists. Each ticket has five squares for five types of relics, namely: the system of museums, the system of clubs, the system of old houses, Chua Cau relic and intangible cultural forms.

On average, around 200,000 tickets are sold per year, at VND75000/ticket for foreign tourists and VND30000/ticket for Vietnamese tourists. Last year Hoi An earned 20 billion dong from tickets and 75 percent of the money is to be reinvested in relics.

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