Eiffelturm-Ticketpreise steigen um 20 %, um die „Eiserne Lady“ von Paris zu retten

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1. Overrated tourist destination

2. Dig up Maggie Thatcher and place her decomposed corpse on the top floor of the tower. That way you’ll have the Iron Lady on the Iron Lady, and also British tourists will swarm there just to piss on her.

3. I wonder if Adolf paid the admission price to go there. Maybe they got a group discount. 

4. Ah yes the surest way to get more people to visit a place. Raise the price.

5. Just before the Olympics, raise the price 20% ? I see…

6. First french destination, they really think we are that stupid ?

7. anything to make the life of tourists slightly more miserable is a good change in my book

8. I didn’t know it needed saving. Is it in danger of moving or something?

9. They could raise it to $100. Still will be packed with instagramers everyday

10. What kind of maintenance costs €130M?

    It’s metal plates and bolts. That’s it.

    Where is that money going?

11. People freaking out about needing to spend $35 to enter of the most iconic buildings in all of world history.

    If anyone bothered to read the article, they have been doing maintenance on the tower such as removing lead and repainting. They also have to pay a huge amount of licensing fees to the city. Workers are also striking for higher pay.

12. Yeah, I bet France would let their most well-known monument just rot away.

13. I don’t get it, surely if there’s a legitimate need for repair and maintenance then Paris mayor should agree to fund it? The Eiffel tower generates hundreds of millions in profit, why is the city council haggling?

14. Let me guess, the Eiffel Tower is now wholly owned by the Loblaws cartel…

15. Time to get a job, rents due Eiffel.

16. Wait. SETE is 99% owned by the city but part of the expense problem is the license fee SETE owes to the city for operating?

17. Price gouging, plain and simple. With [the current profits they have](https://sete.toureiffel.paris/en/sete/financial-data), they could not only cover the maintenance, but create an entirely new one every decade or so (not accounting for the price of the terrain).

18. Damn, it makes €189million a year?

    >In 2023, some 6.3 million visitors gave the monument its highest tally since 2015

    >the previous fare of €29.10

    And they can’t afford maintenance without raising prices?

19. Even with a 20% increase, it’s still one of the cheapest attractions in Paris. Problem is that there’s no way to get a time reservation even weeks in advance, and the line for regular entry is a good 2 hours. The park around it is very pleasant, but if you want a view, go to Tour Montparnasse, where you can see the Eifel Tower.

20. Fair enough, the tickets were like €25,- to go to the top floor. Which is really cheap for a tourist attraction like the Eiffel Tower.

21. I’m going to be traveling there for the first time, and it’d cost over $200 in my local currency for four people… It is absolutely absurd and unnecessary price gouging. People will pay it though, so they will keep raising prices.

22. How have they not made enough money to build several of these?

23. It was always intended to be a temporary installation after the world’s fair but they just kept it.

    Honestly don’t think it’s a big deal if they get rid of it, it’s not even 150 years old.

24. I only read the article, so maybe I just don’t understand….

    The city owns the monument. They in turn create a company, which they own (99%) to run it. The company in turns pays the city, licensing fees etc. all parties involved then pay taxes on the earnings, pay roll etc, incline the company and city. The city then increases the fees for the company, which they own, so they are indirectly just increasing their own costs both directly and through taxes on the various payments/costs.

    I am sure there must be legal reasons to have a company run the monument, but seems like it’s a big graft with monument and tax payers loosing out.

25. They need to keep the whole thing clean too and properly monitored. Many drunks just throw up. Last time I went there it smelled of piss and wine when the Yellow Jackets were demonstrating. Perhaps the price hike will help. Although, somehow, I doubt it. They have far more pressing issues now to deal with.

26. Is it more than just painting over the rust with thick coats of paint this time? Tower is in desperate need of repairs.