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Eiffel Tower strike looms over long lines

by vietnamnews
July 30, 2018July 31, 2018Filed under:
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People cooling off in the Trocadero Fountain in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on July 27, 2018 as a heatwave continues across northern Europe. — AFP Photo Viet Nam News PARIS — Eiffel Tower workers are planning to strike this week over a new access policy for visitors which they say is generating “monstruous” waits at the famous tourist landmark, union officials said on Monday. Since early July the monument has set aside half of daily tickets for people who buy them in advance on the internet and choose a scheduled time for their visit. Previously just 20 per cent of tickets could be booked ahead of time. But the tower’s management has also decided to reserve specific elevators for each type of ticket holder, a move which “creates lines that are at times monstruous and often lopsided,” the CGT union said in a statement. During off-peak times for pre-booked tickets, such as early afternoon or evening, the reserved elevator might be half empty — despite lines of up to three hours at the elevator for walk-ins. And high demand at the pre-booked elevator can cause backups that force people to wait long beyond their scheduled visit. “Beyond the waste in terms of efficiency, and the unhappy visitors… employees’ patience has run out,” said the CGT’s Denis Vavassori. He said that the problem was not that 50 percent of tickets are now pre-booked, but that all visitors should be allowed access to the same elevators in order to… [Read full story]




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