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Given the large number of tourists it receives (10.2 million between 2017 and 2018) and in order to give priority to the quality of visits, the Louvre Museum in Paris has warned on its website that "Book online only with the day and time of the visit guarantee the entrance to the museum" and specify that "it will become mandatory from October". "We have reached the peak of traffic influx these days and the number of visits is limited to ensure a good visitor experience," said museum officials.

In mid-July, "La Gioconda", a table that mobilizes 80% of visits to the museum, has changed room and floor due to the renovation of the state lobby, where it normally rests. Although this move to a wing less suited to the crowds causes blockages in the corridors and the steps of the museum, they insisted to the Louvre to say that it had not influenced the collapse of the visits.

The museum's communication officer, Jeanne Scanvic, explained that in addition to the increase in the number of visits for the summer season, the closure of Notre Dame after the fire recorded on April 15, the 500th anniversary of The death of Da Vinci The strong heat wave that hit Paris last week has multiplied the flow of tourists to the museum. "When we say that it is full, that does not mean that its 400 rooms are full, but the security conditions could not be ensured if we let more people in," Scanvic said.