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French Government to Spend $84.3Mln to Paint Eiffel Tower for 2024 Olympics

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PARIS (Sputnik) - France will allocate about 84 million euros ($84.4 million) to paint the Eiffel Tower in preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games... 19.08.2022, Sputnik International

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"We plan to paint it for the 20th time ... 84 million euros will be allocated for this," Martins told French radio RMC, adding that a project to improve the area around the tower will also be implemented.In particular, the authorities are planning to modify the approaches to the tower. According to Martins, people need to pass 7 or 8 pedestrian crossings to get to the tower, which is unacceptable for a site that is visited by 21 million people a year.Paris intends to host a "never seen before" opening ceremony for the Olympics, Martins added.

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French Government to Spend $84.3Mln to Paint Eiffel Tower for 2024 Olympics

17:41 GMT 19.08.2022 (Updated: 19:28 GMT 03.11.2022)

© AFP 2023 / BERTRAND GUAYThis picture taken on July 16, 2021, in Paris shows the Eiffel Tower and its protective wall. - The Eiffel Tower reopened to visitors on July 16, 2021, after nine months of shutdown caused by the Covid pandemic. Up to 13,000 people per day will be allowed to take the elevators to the top and take in the views over the French capital, down from 25,000 in the pre-Covid era.

This picture taken on July 16, 2021, in Paris shows the Eiffel Tower and its protective wall. - The Eiffel Tower reopened to visitors on July 16, 2021, after nine months of shutdown caused by the Covid pandemic. Up to 13,000 people per day will be allowed to take the elevators to the top and take in the views over the French capital, down from 25,000 in the pre-Covid era. - Sputnik International, 1920, 19.08.2022

PARIS (Sputnik) - France will allocate about 84 million euros ($84.4 million) to paint the Eiffel Tower in preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games, Jean-Francois Martins, the head of the Society for the Exploitation of the Eiffel Tower (SETE), said on Friday.

In particular, the authorities are planning to modify the approaches to the tower. According to Martins, people need to pass 7 or 8 pedestrian crossings to get to the tower, which is unacceptable for a site that is visited by 21 million people a year.

Paris intends to host a "never seen before" opening ceremony for the Olympics, Martins added.