Paris France.- The torre Eiffel, one of the world’s biggest tourist attractions, was closed Wednesday due to a staff strike, the monument’s operator said. The strike It is convened on the centenary of the death of the engineer Gustave Eiffel, builder of the tower.
This action is a protest against “the current management,” according to a statement from the CGT union. The tower operator, SETE, is “going straight to the wall,” he added, warning of “an overly ambitious and unsustainable (economic) model.”
The union denounces an “excessively ambitious and unsustainable” economic model due to an “undervaluation of the budgets for the monument’s works” and an “overvaluation of income” based on a goal “of 7.4 million visitors”, something never achieved until now.
The Eiffel Tower, symbol of Paris
The Eiffel Tower, the most famous monument in Paris, received 5.9 million visitors in 2022, the highest number since 2019.
Built in 1889 for the World’s Fair in Paris, the Eiffel Tower quickly became the symbol of the French capital.
Its builder, the engineer Gustave Eiffel, was born on December 15, 1832 in Dijon and died on December 27, 1923 in Paris at the age of 91.
Source: AFP
