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Staff on strike, Eiffel Tower closes

Politiko 2023-12-27 18:55:10

Staff on strike, Eiffel Tower closes

The Eiffel Tower, one of the world's biggest tourist attractions, was closed to the public on December 27 after staff went on strike, the tower's operator announced. The strike coincides with the 100th anniversary of the death of engineer Gustave Eiffel, who built the Tower. Staff are protesting "the way the tower is currently being managed," the CGT union said in a statement.

The operator of the Tower, SETE, said that this situation "is heading towards disaster". The CGT association said management is running the Eiffel Tower under a business model that is "too ambitious and unsustainable" and is based on an inflated estimate of future visitor numbers while underestimating construction costs.

SETE apologized to visitors, advising everyone who had purchased e-tickets to visit the Tower on Wednesday to check their emails for more information on their booking.

The Eiffel Tower — Paris' most famous building — attracts almost 7 million visitors a year, about three-quarters of whom are foreigners, according to the Tower's website.

During the coronavirus pandemic, visitor numbers fell due to closures and travel restrictions, but visitor numbers are expected to rise to 5.9 million in 2022.

The CGT association said that the Tower's management is basing its future on the budget of 7.4 million visitors a year, "and why this level of visitors has never been reached". The engineer of the Tower, Gustave Eiffel, died on December 27, 1923, at the age of 91./rel

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