Editing Taj Mahal (section)

== Tourism ==
[[File:Taj Mahal 9794.jpg|thumb|Visitors at the Taj Mahal]]
The Taj Mahal is a major [[tourism in India|tourist]] attraction and attracts a large number of domestic and foreign visitors. About five million visitors visited Taj Mahal in the financial year 2022–23.<ref name="Stat" /> A three-tier pricing system is in place, with a significantly lower entrance fee for Indian citizens and more expensive ones for foreigners. {{As of|2024}}, the fee for Indian citizens was {{INR}}50, for citizens of [[SAARC]] and [[BIMSTEC]] countries, it was {{INR}}540 and for other foreign tourists, it was {{INR}}1,100. Visitors are allowed through three gates and as polluting vehicles are not allowed near the complex, tourists must either walk or take electric buses from the designated parking areas. The complex is open on all days except on Friday from one hour before sunrise to 45 minutes before sunset.<ref name="Travel">{{cite web |title=Travel information, Taj Mahal |url=https://www.tajmahal.gov.in/travel-information.aspx |access-date=1 March 2024 |publisher=[[Government of India]] |archive-date=21 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321221926/https://www.tajmahal.gov.in/travel-information.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> The complex is open for limited night viewing on the day of the full moon, excluding the month of [[Ramadan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Night Viewings of Taj Mahal |url=https://www.tajmahal.gov.in/night-view.aspx |access-date=1 March 2024 |publisher=[[Government of India]] |archive-date=18 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318151609/https://www.tajmahal.gov.in/night-view.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, to address [[overtourism]], the site instituted fines for visitors who stayed longer than three hours.{{sfn|Jaiswal|2019}} As per a 2025 government report, the Taj Mahal earned {{INRConvert|297|c}} over five years, making it the highest-earning [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]] monument.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-04-04 |title=Taj Mahal brings in Rs 297 crore in 5 years, tops ASI monument earnings: Govt data |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/taj-mahal-brings-in-rs-297-crore-in-5-years-tops-asi-monument-earnings-govt-data/articleshow/119976209.cms |access-date=2025-04-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

The small town to the south of the Taj, known as Taj Ganji or Mumtazabad, was initially constructed with [[caravanserais]], [[bazaar]]s and markets to serve the needs of visitors and workers.{{sfn|Koch|2006|pp=201–208}} Lists of recommended travel destinations often feature the Taj Mahal, which also appears in several listings of [[Seven Wonders of the World|seven wonders]] of the modern world, including the [[New Seven Wonders of the World]], a poll conducted in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |date=9 July 2007 |title=New Seven Wonders of the World announced |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2007/07/09/etsevenwonders109.xml |url-status=dead |access-date=7 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121011013/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=%2Ftravel%2F2007%2F07%2F09%2Fetsevenwonders109.xml |archive-date=21 January 2008}}</ref> Foreign dignitaries often visit the Taj Mahal on trips to India.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 February 2020 |title=Trump to Diana: The most iconic Taj Mahal photos |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51583627 |url-status=live |access-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225025915/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51583627 |archive-date=25 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bennett |first=Kate |date=21 February 2020 |title=Melania Trump next in long line of first ladies to visit India |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/politics/melania-trump-first-ladies-india/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224155952/https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/politics/melania-trump-first-ladies-india/index.html |archive-date=24 February 2020 |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=18 February 2018 |title=Trudeau, with family in tow, visits India's famed Taj Mahal |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-official-visit-1.4541128 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109001416/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-official-visit-1.4541128 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |access-date=4 December 2020 |work=CBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fidler |first=Matt |date=25 February 2020 |title=Taj Mahal posers through the years |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/feb/25/taj-mahal-posers-through-the-years-trump-in-pictures |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128175953/https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/feb/25/taj-mahal-posers-through-the-years-trump-in-pictures |archive-date=28 November 2021 |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>