00:00For many tourists, seeing the Mona Lisa will soon come at a higher cost.
00:05Paris' Louvre Museum will raise ticket prices for most non-EU visitors to 32 euros,
00:11a 45% increase starting January 14, 2026.
00:15Members of French Labour Union, CGT,
00:18say the move unfairly makes foreigners pay for France's dysfunction.
00:23It signifies an intolerable discrimination.
00:26There is no reason to make visitors who are not citizens of this European economic area
00:32bear the brunt of the administration's mismanagement that has accumulated over time.
00:41The Louvre hopes the increase in ticket prices will raise up to 20 million euros a year
00:45to put towards structural improvements.
00:47After the heist on October 19, in which thieves stole an estimated 88 million euros in jewellery,
00:53the museum's security has come under fire.
00:56We need staff, we want 500 more in the reception and surveillance sector,
01:01and we need to change managerial methods,
01:03trust those who know the work, who are in production, and who are on the ground.
01:07People from outside of France made up 77% of the Louvre's 8.7 million visitors in 2024,
01:14according to a report published by the museum.
01:16Americans visited in the largest numbers, with Chinese museum-goers coming in third.
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