For those who do not book in advance, or are unable to wait in the long queues for the standard AED100 ($27) tickets for the At the Top, Burj Khalifa tour, the price of fast track has been increased to AED400 from AED210, according to a report.
According to the Abu Dhabi-based The National, the fees have been nearly doubled in a bid to reduce queues and encourage people to book in advance.
According to the daily, this means the average cost for a family of four visiting the tower under time constraints is AED1,600, against Dh350 for those who opt to queue.
The price is before the AED100 cost of official
photographs
and AED10 for viewfinders, The National added.
The standard tour of the At the Top, Burj Khalifa[
click to see
], which includes a visit to the world highest observation deck on Level 124 of Burj Khalifa costs adults AED100 and children AED75, Emaar said on Monday.
Burj Khalifa opened its doors to the public from Tuesday with tickets time stamped at 30-minute intervals, on specific days, to manage the daily number of sightseers.
For those who do not want to queue to get in, immediate entry was AED210 per person, subject to availability, the company said in a statement.
The entrance to the experience At the Top, Burj Khalifa [
click to see video tour
] is at the adjoining The Dubai Mall’s Lower Ground level and the reception area features a fibreglass model of the tower illuminated in blue light.
Only a quarter of people who took part in the latest Arabian Business survey [
see survey results
] said they though the AED100 ticket price to go up the Burj Khalifa was reasonable.
The majority of respondents to the latest online poll said they thought the price was too high, with 34.6 percent calling on its developer Emaar to lower the price “immediately”.
A further 23 percent said they had planned to visit the world’s tallest building, but had changed their mind because they were not prepared to pay AED100.
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