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Tourists who come to the capital of China, will have to increase spending — the city authorities decided to increase the cost of travel in urban taxi from 2 to 2.4 yuan per kilometer. Also landing will cost 15 yuan instead of the current 10. But this is not the limit: taxi drivers believe that travel around the city is more expensive, passes Visitchina.ru .
However, the rise in the price in Beijing, according to the decision of the authorities, will begin only from June 1. Since that time will be reduced by 3 yuan government subsidy taxi companies. «I do not know who will benefit from this, but my income is not likely to increase, — says the driver of Beifang Taxi Company. — The fare in Beijing did not increase from 2005. » According to him, it is easy to calculate that the increase in the fare of 0.4 yuan will not cover the costs that arise from the companies after the abolition of subsidy of 3 yuan for fuel. The company itself will have to earn 2.6 yuan, which previously paid to her power. Most likely they will be deducted from the income of the drivers.
Recall that in a Beijing taxi payment consists of two parts: fixed and variable. First — this is an average of 10 yuan for the «landing» and the first three kilometers, the second — for the actual mileage. Tip cost increases if the distance exceeds 15 kilometers, and from 2300 am to 600 pm.