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Louvre to hike ticket prices for most non-EU tourists by 45%
- vintagedave 11mo ago> ...expected to raise millions of euros annually to fund an overhaul of the famous gallery. Jokes aside (eg, 'guess they have to be able to buy back those stolen jewels somehow!') they have been strongly criticized ('inadequate security systems and ageing infrastructure') and it sounds like an overhaul is well past due. Honestly, $40 to enter the Louvre is not too bad. Expensive, but it is the _Louvre_ and is probably the most amazing museum in the world.
- dylan604 11mo agoI'd expect to see this type of fee for non-citizens a lot more. The US is saying a $100 fee for non-citizens to enter national parks will start next year. For the Louvre, I'd be willing to give benefit of the doubt that it's a budgetary decision. For the US though with the current administration, there's always a bit of question if the budgetary reason isn't just a mask for the true intention
- philipwhiuk 11mo agoFor parks I expect the best approach is to charge for parking. Charging actual entry is tedious.
- kccqzy 11mo agoNon-residents not non-citizens. See, the administration still cares about the green card holders and H1B workers, who can still visit the national parks at the lower price.
- rantallion 11mo ago> green card holders and H1B workers, who can still visit the national parks at the lower price But only until ICE detain them, right?
- nicbou 11mo agoThis was pretty common in Central Asia, and I don't object. It keeps things affordable for locals and available for visitors. I don't mind paying for free museums in other countries, since I'm not subsidising them with my taxes.
- lionkor 11mo agoI would gladly pay 40 bucks to enter, but I think student tickets etc. must exist to ensure people can afford to go to learn.
- kibwen 11mo agoThe fact that the price is being dramatically raised to the grand total of $37 says more about how fantastically cheap it is to visit the Louvre currently. They could easily double that and not see any noticeable decrease in ticket sales from tourists.
- rjh29 11mo agoAssuming you're American you may be missing just how strong the USD is and how expensive $37 is for much of Europe. -You- consider it cheap and that's the whole point of the price rise.
- kibwen 11mo agoCompared to the price of a round-trip plane ticket to Paris, hotel, and food for the whole trip, this ticket increase is immaterial for anyone who's already well-off enough to be a tourist. And the whole point of the article is that the price increase is only for non-EU citizens.
- OrderlyTiamat 11mo agoIt's at 1.16, that's fairly typical I believe, a bit low even?
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- troupo 11mo agoIt's impossible to overstate how cheap this is, but I think you have to actually go The Louvre to understand that. It's enormous. (In comparison Versaille is absolute bullshit that everyone should just skip. IMO).
- ebiester 11mo agoI really enjoyed the garden there - we spent hours happily. And we don't have a lot of palaces where I'm from. And I didn't really enjoy the Louvre, especially compared to Musée d'Orsay and Centre Pompidou.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11mo agoThe article does not comment on it, but the non-EEA scoping here is almost certainly because of EU law outlawing discrimination between EU member states (and which is extended to the EEA also). They probably would have made it discriminate against non-French tourists if that were not illegal.
- diego_moita 11mo agoAs a non-EU tourist, I say this is good. I actually keep the museum tickets and city passes as a trip souvenir. I have them for the Louvre, Musee D'Orsay, RijksMuseum, Mauritshuis, the MC Escher house, Vatican Museum, Uffizi Galleria, the Museums' Pass from Vienna, the Guggenheim in Venice, Vasa and Swedish History Museum, ...
- toomanyrichies 11mo agoGood, now they can afford an enterprise license for 1Password: “Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee” [1] 1. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/password-louvres-video-surveillance-system-louvre-employee/story?id=127236297 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/password-louvres-vi...
- attendant3446 11mo agoThey can still save 'Louvre' in 1Password =). Using strong passwords is a matter of mindset, not software.
- turtlebro 11mo agoTrying to recoup their recent losses? Doesn't feel right though to make a distinction based on country of origin. What about "égalité"?
- sidjxnbx 11mo ago> What about "égalité"? Much like the egalitarian individualism of other western cultures, the idea applies to “our culture” not “the entire world”. This system falls apart otherwise because bad faith participants can easily exploit it. And I’ll add, your argument omitting that key point is one of the common ways people exploit it.
- rsynnott 11mo agoThe Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen was unusual at the time specifically because it was _universalist_; it was _not_ just about French people. Now, granted, they didn't get around to banning slavery until five years after, so, y'know, this was always more an ideal than anything else.
- ponector 11mo ago>> Doesn't feel right though to make a distinction based on country of origin If it is not right, why every country on earth is doing it?
- turtlebro 11mo agoWho else is doing it doesn't change the matter. Charging your guests more then your own? You don't think the morally correct thing is to charge them the same?
- bdangubic 11mo agoname one. I have traveled a lot and can’t say I can name one place where this is a thing. the closest I’ve seen is like tollroads that have different payments methods for residents vs non-residents :)
- silexia 11mo agoMust be to pay for all the stolen treasures.