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The Louvre Shuts Its Doors to Tourists: Here’s Why the World’s Most Visited Museum Is in Crisis
The Louvre, the world's most visited museum, abruptly shut down due to a strike over overcrowding and poor working conditions ...
Louvre strike highlights Paris museum’s overtourism issue as staff decry ‘physical ordeal’
A strike on June 16 that left visitors waiting outside the Mona Lisa’s home shows change is needed more urgently than Macron ...
The Louvre in Paris closes unexpectedly as staff protest conditions
A spontaneous strike at the Louvre erupted during a routine internal meeting, as gallery attendants, ticket agents and ...
Wooing Canadian tourists, DNC turmoil, trouble at the Louvre: Catch up on the day’s stories
States along the US-Canada border have seen steep drops in tourism, so they’re rolling out deals aimed at wooing back ...
Anti-tourist protests sweep across Europe as Louvre shuts down temporarily
The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, temporarily shut down today due to a spontaneous strike by the museum staff ...
Abrumado y con poco personal, el Louvre cierra sus puertas: señal de advertencia por sobreturismo
El Louvre, el museo más visitado del mundo y un símbolo global de arte, belleza y resistencia, ha resistido guerras, ...
As Europe protests overtourism, Louvre staff walks out. Sanjeev Sanyal reacts
The Louvre strike, though sudden, was not without cause. Workers described 'untenable' conditions worsened by overcrowding, ...
Paris Louvre closure leaves thousands waiting amid staff 'emergency meeting'
The Louvre Museum in Paris delayed its opening on Monday, leaving thousands of visitors stranded in long lines outside the iconic glass pyramid.