US EditionLouvre Hikes Ticket Prices for Most Non-EU Tourists by 45%
- Beginning Jan. 14, 2026 the Louvre governing board approved a 45% surcharge for visitors from outside the European Economic Area, raising tickets from €22 to €32.
- Facing funding shortfalls and security failures, the Louvre Museum spokesperson says the surcharge aims to raise up to €20 million annually for structural repairs after the October heist that stole about $100 million in jewelry.
- The Louvre Museum attracted 8.7 million visitors in 2024, with 77% foreigners including 13% Americans, while Culture Minister Rachida Dati promotes differentiated pricing as Versailles and other sites consider surcharges.
- Labour unions immediately criticised the decision, saying it is perceived as `discrimination` and warned Louvre staff face added burdens verifying non‑EEA visitors, citing CFDT, CGT and SUD opposition.
- The Louvre's renovation program estimates costs up to 800 million euros and about 1.1 billion euros, with France planning similar differentiated pricing at other national cultural institutions in 2026, Culture Minister Rachida Dati said.
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Americans Will Soon Pay More to Visit the Louvre
Paris' Louvre museum has approved a ticket hike from 22 to 32 euros ($25 to $37) for non-EU visitors beginning in January to help finance an overhaul of the building whose degradation was exposed by the Oct. 19 crown jewels heist. The measure was announced by French President Emmanuel Macron...
Unfair or not, this measure is already practiced by very frequent tourist sites located abroad. Here are which ones.
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By SYLVIE CORBET, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris’ Louvre museum has approved a ticket hike from 22 to 32 euros ($25 to $37) for non-European visitors from January to help finance an overhaul of the building whose degradation has been exposed by the Oct. 19 crown jewels heist. Related Articles Russia outlaws Human Rights Watch as crackdown on dissent continues Death toll from floods in Thailand reaches 145 as r…
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