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2 weeks agoLouvre hikes ticket price for non-EU visitors by almost half
France increased Louvre ticket prices for non-EU visitors by 45%, charging €32 instead of €22.
From Wednesday, any adult visitor from outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway will have to pay 32 euros to enter the Louvre - a 45-percent increase - while the Palace of Versailles will up its prices by 3. Americans, UK citizens and Chinese nationals, who are some of the museum's most numerous foreign visitors, will be among those affected, as will tourists from poorer countries.