Tickets To Eiffel Tower Rise In Price On Eve Of OI-2024 In Paris
Date
5/24/2024 3:11:37 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Alimat Aliyeva
The administration of the Eiffel Tower intends to increase thecost of tickets to visit this landmark by 20% from June 17, Azernews reports.
So, adults will be able to climb to the upper observation deckby elevator for €35.30 instead of the current €29.40, the tarifffor teenagers from 12 to 14 years old will increase from €14.70 to€17.70, for children from 4 to 11 years old - from €7.40 to 90 cheapest adult ticket, which allows you to climb the stairs tothe second tier, will rise in price from €10 to €14.20.
The rise in price is attributed to the financial problemsexperienced by SETE due to the pandemic: from 2020 to 2022,operating losses amounted to about €113 million.
In addition, the company incurred increased costs during therepair work. And although in 2023 the attendance approached thepre-pandemic level of 2019 (6 million people), the administrationof the monument was still experiencing financial difficulties.
In February 2024, the workers of the tower staged a strike,condemning the "untenable economic model" of the cultural facilitywith an underestimated estimate of the necessary work and inflatedprofit expectations and threatening strikes during the OlympicGames.
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