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The 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
by kibwen 11mo ago
The 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.
- karmakurtisaani 11mo agoLouvre get sort of boring, since the time period they cover stops at the time when art gets more and more interesting (mid 1800s). Before that every painting is basically Jesus or boobs. Still well worth a visit definitely.
- orwin 11mo agoBut then you have all the Egyptian wing no?
- karmakurtisaani 11mo agoYep, lots of stuff from different periods until the 1800s. Interesting, but surprisingly kind of repetitive.
- troupo 11mo agoThis year they made a brilliant thing: they put haute couture one-off fashion items on display throughout the royal wing. Who knew Loubutin and Alexander MacQueen shoes or Dior and Gucci handbags would feel so absolutely natural among the dresses and tapestries and jewellery :)
- troupo 11mo ago> especially compared to Musée d'Orsay and Centre Pompidou. Next time on my list, definitely.
- kccqzy 11mo agoYeah I made that mistake when visiting Paris for the first time: budgeted half a day for the Louvre and an entire day for Versailles. Should the other way around or as you say, skip the Versailles.
- throw-the-towel 11mo agoAs far as French palaces go, I liked Fontainebleau way more.
- stackedinserter 11mo agoTBH the most interesting thing in Louvre is that crowd in front of Mona Lisa, which is an art performance by itself.
- troupo 11mo agoAnd best thing is? It's interactive! You can be a part of the performance, too :)
- brandall10 11mo agoI had idea that was a 'thing' in the Louvre when a went a couple years back. Was wild competing for space at the front of the line with a half dozen kids taking selfies.
- brandall10 11mo agoI dunno... I really enjoyed walking through the Hall of Mirrors. Obviously that experience alone is no where near the entirety of the Louvre, and I wouldn't suggest heading out to Versailles if you're only in Paris for say a 5 day trip, but I'm glad I went on my 11 day trip a couple years back.
- troupo 11mo agoWe somehow managed to get to it with relatively few people. The rest was 100 people per square centimeter, multiple tourist groups fighting for the same spots, more crowded than a Tokyo subway in peak hour. Though I've heard it's much better if you manage to get there at opening time.
- deadbabe 11mo agoI’d wager that you could 10x for non-EU tourists and still make more money and have way less crowds leading to a better experience for all.
- p_j_w 11mo agoI have a similar line of thought every time I go to a national park. I dont really like hanging out around a bunch of strangers’ kids, but this would prevent a lot of families from being able to afford to go do things like this, and it’s good to let kids be exposed to things like really amazing art and national parks. Poor people should be able to enjoy them too.
- ephimetheus 11mo agoDidn’t they just drastically increase the price for non US citizens? I think it almost went up by 10x
- snayan 11mo agoLol, I mean, if we ignore the experience of all the people who are priced out, then sure? Appreciation of culture shouldn't be reserved for the rich.
- technothrasher 11mo agoBotswana vs Kenya is an interesting example of this that I've experienced first hand. Kenya is overcrowded with safari tourists, which ruins the experience and very much effects the wildlife dynamic. Botswana has many fewer tourists on safari and so protects the natural environment better, but it does this by pricing themselves such that only rich people can afford it.
- Workaccount2 11mo agoPricing things high is an easy and effective way of limiting demand. I wish more people understood it's not always greed.
- philipwhiuk 11mo agoDepends on your point of comparison - the British Museum is free.
- dietr1ch 11mo agoWell, they got their exhibits for free, didn't they?
- stackedinserter 11mo agoYou probably understand museum business model wrong.
- julienfr112 11mo agoI paid to see the rosetta stone ...
- Symbiote 11mo agoThe permanent exhibition is free, special exhibitions often have an entry charge.
- distances 11mo agoThe Rosetta Stone has always been in the permanent exhibition, was it moved?
- cowsandmilk 11mo agoIn January 2024, I saw it for free at the British Museum and all indications are it is still in the same spot free to view
- 627467 11mo agoLouvre's content was mostly acquired fairly at market prices?
- p_j_w 11mo ago
- episteme 11mo agoI don't think that's true for European tourists, $37 per person is a lot and there are so many other cultural sites to see that paying twice that could definitely drop this off the list during a visit to Paris. Makes total sense from a US point of view though, you are already committing to spend so much to get there.
- dylan604 11mo agoMaybe that’s why it says non-EU tourists right there in the title so you don’t even need to read the TFA, but not reading the title is a but much
- ponector 11mo agoI think the best solution is to have a dynamic pricing within reasonable brackets, like 10-100€