Just ahead of the commencement of the Olympic Games in Paris , there will be a rise of approximately 20% in admission prices for the Eiffel Tower, adding to the recent surge in prices affecting tourism in one of Europe's most frequented cities. The increase is set to take effect from June 17, a little over a week before the Olympics start, the newspaper Le Parisien reported on Thursday. For an adult, a ride in the lift to the top of the Eiffel Tower is set to cost €35.
30 ($38.22) instead of the previous €29.40.
Anyone wishing to climb the steps to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower will soon have to pay €14.20 instead of €10. The operating company has justified the increase by pointing to high losses incurred during the pandemic and the increased cost of maintaining the now 135-year-old structure.
However, this is only the latest in a series of price hikes hitting Paris tourists ahead of the 2024 Olympics. Blaming a 90% rise in energy costs in 2021 and 2022, the Louvre announced in December it would add €5 to the door fee, taking the entry price to €22. If the sprawling museum gets anything like the almost 9 million visitors recorded in 2023, the increase would see it earn around €115 million from gate receipts this year, once the 40% or so of visitors it says get free entry are accounted for.
But visitors to Paris will not only have to pay more to see the Mona Lisa , which is on display in the Louvre, but it could cost them more to get across town to the muse.
