Dati suggested “that visitors from outside the EU pay more for their entry tickets” to the Louvre — home to some of the world’s most famous paintings, including the Mona Lisa — to secure funds to renovate other French attractions.
Likewise, she has “made the Archbishop of Paris a straightforward proposal: introduce a symbolic fee for all tourist visits to Notre-Dame, and devote the funds entirely to a major plan to safeguard our religious heritage.”
“With just €5 per visitor, we’d raise €75 million a year. Thus, Notre-Dame de Paris would save all the churches in Paris and France,” she added.
The reopening of Notre-Dame, which was closed to the public after a catastrophic fire in 2019, is scheduled for Dec. 8.
