On our one day road trip (London-Seven Sisters-Portsmouth-Stonehenge-Dorset-Southhampton-London) Stonehenge visit was the only program that was compromised. Kristina denied as the entry fees was 8£ and everyone (willingly or unwillingly) accepted. I wouldn’t say that it is lack of interest for heritage-we travelled about 50 miles just to see the stones. In their opinion, ‘we did not miss anything’. We stopped by the highway and she took pictures. Isn’t visiting a place synonymous with having pictures of site? Plus, there is no information which isn’t available on Wikipedia. What remained to be explored?

I wonder, what should have been the price that everyone would have agreed to access the Stonehenge. Isn’t price a personal perception?

About 900,000 people access Stonehenge, every year, after paying 8£. People also pay as much as 270£ (for one day) to stay in a heritage hotel in India or 9.2£ just to enter the site for 2 hours. They pay 2000£ (in a group) to access Nefertari’s tomb, Egypt for about 10-15 minutes.  Whereas, in India entry to (public-owned) heritage sites costs 0.12£ for domestic tourists and 3£ for international visitors.

So, what is the justified price? And how do people decide what is justified?