Macron to charge non EU more to visit the Lo…..

[EuroTrotters]

British tourists will pay more to visit Louvre, says Macron

British tourists will have to pay more to enter the Louvre in Paris under plans announced by Emmanuel Macron at the museum on Tuesday.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Brains]

If I was him, I'd do the same thing.

French school kids are free
EU Citizens pay a decent amount
and Johnny Foreigner can pay through the nose, as he is only going to the Louvre once.

The sunlit uplands look better every day!

 

[Orion]

Same system was in operation for many sites in Greece and Crete when we visited. Mrs Orion qualified for the EU rate only on production of her Eire passport, I didn’t! - although I did wing it on a few occasions as her ‘accompanying third country spouse’!

 

[Tombola]

Same as florida residents going to Disney and universal parks. Virtually stealing it compared to tourist rates

 

[cyberyacht]

Glad I spent my two days there in 1971 then. It was bustling with Americans having photos taken with Venue de Milo. Goodness only knows what it is like now with the Japanese and their selfie sticks.

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[TDub49]

You're in the club or you're not in the club. Seems fair to me.

 

[Lenny HB]

Pleased to say I have no interest in going there.
Found the Van Gogh gallary in Amsterdam boring, did think much of Florence.

Now the Banksy exhibition in Bristol was awesome.

 

[dalspa]

Won’t affect us as we went there many years ago, and no need to return. Read this morning that the Louvre is in need of structural repairs as nothing has been done on it for years. Said it was the most visited museum in the world- surprised that they haven’t been keeping on top of the state of the building.

 

[Rapido925M]

I noticed in the Hebrides that Scots had cards which got them cheaper admission than other folks.

 

[ChrisSue]

Look after your own country and its citizens first should be the mantra for all politicians.
As to the specific, for me, if something costs too much then, I won't do it, see it, eat it, drink it, whatever. Just because it's there doesn't make me "entitled ".

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[The Wino]

If it's funded out of EU funding and French taxation why not have it cheaper for them. It's the same thing as tourist taxation to fund the costs associated with tourism I don't see a problem

 

[Langtoftlad]

Same in Egypt, and Turkey
Locals price & then others.

 

[nicholsong]

The description of the system that I read differentiated between EU Residents and non-Residens, not Citizens.

If true many us on here would pay the lower fee. 'Up ladder Jack....'

 

[Jim]

These clickbait headlines make me laugh. Did Macron even mention Britain, why do so many fall for them.

These stories are just designed to get people to shout "Bloody French Didn't charge us tourist tax in 1944". or, from a high horse, Tee hee, you're not in the club anymore, or Brexit the gift, sunlit uplands etc.

I wish more people would see these things for what they are; news outlets, sowing division while fighting for clicks.

 

[carolyn]

Seems fair enough, it’s not as though it’s somewhere you go loads of times on a trip to Paris. I don’t think I’ll lose any sleep over it.

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[EuroTrotters]

Pleased to say I have no interest in going there.
Found the Van Gogh gallary in Amsterdam boring, did think much of Florence.

Now the Banksy exhibition in Bristol was awesome.

Was it as boring as this ?

https://www.christies.com/en/artists/mark-rothko?lotavailability=All&sortby=relevance

 

[swemmy666]

Notice that the torygraph slants it as if it directed specifically at Brits, a Bword revenge, rather than being something all non EU citizens will pay. As a newspaper its hit rock bottom, a cross between the Star and a bog roll, with none of the benefits of either

 

[dryad]

Was it as boring as this ?

https://www.christies.com/en/artists/mark-rothko?lotavailability=All&sortby=relevance

good lawd, unbelievable the prices for something a small child could copy and produce, even a chimpanzee with a roller brush, clearly some rich people have much more money than sense..
can anyone tell me why these are so sought after and highly prized?
what was so special about this artist?

 

[Red Sonja]

First Friday of every month except July and August the Louvre is free to enter. That's for all visitors. I went years ago and don't think I will revisit.

 

[meanders]

To put it in perspective, if you go to the Eden project as a local resident you get in cheaper than we from up country. Seems fair and reasonable to me. I am sure there are other examples.

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[EuroTrotters]

good lawd, unbelievable the prices for something a small child could copy and produce, even a chimpanzee with a roller brush, clearly some rich people have much more money than sense..
can anyone tell me why these are so sought after and highly prized?
what was so special about this artist?

canvas and a bit of paint dregs, re-created, simples !

 

[Podney]

Prefer Musee d’Orsay but don’t know what they are charging now.

 

[swemmy666]

To put it in perspective, if you go to the Eden project as a local resident you get in cheaper than we from up country. Seems fair and reasonable to me. I am sure there are other examples.

to someone suggests restaurant prices in London?