Louvre to hike ticket prices for most non-EU tourists by 45%
13 days ago
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- Louvre to increase ticket prices by 45% for most non-EU tourists starting early next year.
- Non-EU visitors will pay €32, raising €15m-€20m annually for museum modernization.
- Security and infrastructure criticized after a $102m jewelry heist in October.
- Non-EU group visitors with accredited guides will pay €28 from next year.
- Louvre received 9 million visitors last year, mostly from abroad (US and China top sources).
- Plans include moving the Mona Lisa to a new space to reduce overcrowding.
- Renovations and new amenities (toilets, restaurants) to cost hundreds of millions of euros.
- Greek ceramics gallery closed due to structural concerns.
- Audit revealed disproportionate spending on new artworks vs. maintenance post-heist.