Louvre hikes ticket price for non-EU visitors by almost half
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Key Points:
- France has implemented a 45% price increase for Louvre Museum tickets for non-EU visitors, raising the cost from €22 to €32, while EU citizens and residents pay the lower rate.
- This "dual pricing" system extends to other state-owned cultural sites like Versailles Palace and Chambord Palace, marking one of Europe's strictest applications of differentiated pricing based on visitors' origins.
- The French government defends the policy as a means to generate an additional €20-30 million annually for museum renovations and security improvements following a major theft last year.
- The policy has sparked criticism from visitors, staff unions, and academics, who argue it is discriminatory, socially unjust, and reflects a rise in nationalist attitudes; unions have linked it to recent
