Visiting the Eiffel Tower is a must-do activity during a stay in Paris. Most popular tourist attraction in Europethe Iron Lady would also be the monument where we complain the most about the queue in the world according to a study. But from June onwards, it is the price of an entrance ticket to the famous Parisian monument that could make people cringe. And for good reason: from June 17, the price of tickets for the Eiffel Tower will increase by 20%. What is the reason for this increase and how much will an entry ticket cost you from now on? We take stock.
Eiffel Tower ticket prices increase by 20%. Yes but why ?
This summer, from June 17, 2024, the price of tickets to access the Eiffel Tower will increase by 20%. Are the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in question, like the cancellation of the open-air cinema in La Villette? Well, not this time, imagine. The reason for this imminent price increase is quite different. In fact, the Eiffel Tower operating company claims to have had difficult days during the covid crisis. Instead of the expected 6.2 million visitors, the Eiffel Tower only welcomed 1.5 million visitors in 2020.
Significant financial losses, to which are added future work (and therefore new expenses), as well as occasional closures of the Tower elevators. All these reasons would justify a new price of access tickets. Yes, but what price?
How much will an entrance ticket to the Eiffel Tower cost you from now on?
Currently, visitors pay 29.40 euros to climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower. From June 17, 2024, however, you will now have to pay the sum of 35.30 euros in order to take the elevator which takes visitors to a height of 276 meters. In the same way as these full-price adult tickets, the price of tickets for all categories will also increase. Here are the details of these 20% price increases:
Full price adult ticket, access to the top of the Eiffel Tower by elevator: 35.30 euros
Children aged 12 to 14: 17.70 euros
Children aged 4 to 11, people with reduced mobility and accompanying persons : 8.90 euros
An effective price increase for all ticket categories:
Same story for tickets for access to the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower via the stairs then with access to the top by elevator. Currently sold at the price of 22.40 euros, these tickets will cost you 26.90 euros as of June 17. For visitors wishing to access only the 2nd floor of the Iron Lady, the price increases from almost 18.80 euros to 22.60 euros (with elevator access) and from 11.80 euros to 14.20 euros (with staircase access.) Free admission remains unchanged for children under 4 years old and people benefiting from RSA.
From now on, having access to this exceptional panorama will have a certain cost. And you dear readers, do you think such a price increase is justified?
