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The tight restrictions to combat the Covid-19 pandemic reflected a 72% decrease in the number of visitors to the Louvre Museum in Paris last year compared to 2019, with revenues declining by more than 90 million euros, the museum announced Friday 08/01.
The world’s largest museum, which closed its doors for six months, attracted 2.7 million visitors in 2020, compared to 9.6 million visitors in 2019, and 10.2 million visitors in a record high in 2018.
During the summer season and early November holidays, the French made up 84% of the visitors, while foreigners, including the Americans, Chinese, Japanese and Brazilians, usually represented 75% of the number of visits.
Despite the huge exhibition dedicated to the Renaissance giant Leonardo da Vinci, which attracted 1.1 million visitors and ended before the start of the first general lockdown measures in March, revenues decreased by more than 90 million euros, while the value of state aid amounted to 46 million euros. The year 2020 was marked by the great diversification of digital displays at the museum, which has a total of 9.3 million followers on social networks (an increase of 1.02 million subscribers from 2019), while the number of visits to the museum’s official website reached 21 million.
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