The six-day closure of the Eiffel Tower cost between 1 million and 2 million euros in lost revenue due to a strike by workers unhappy with the management of the building, Sete, the company that manages the monument, told AFP on Monday.

From Monday to Saturday, inclusive, during the winter school holidays in France and five months before the Olympic Games in the capital (from July 26 to August 11), about a hundred thousand visitors (from 15 to 20 thousand per day) could not climb. The Eiffel Tower, also known as the Iron Lady of Paris, due to a strike by the CGT and FO unions.

The union on Saturday ended its walkout, one of the longest in recent history, allowing the iconic monument to reopen on Sunday.

Sete “renewed its apologies” to the nearly 100,000 visitors disappointed they were unable to visit the monument, which will be returned “automatically and in full as soon as possible”.

The agreement to end the strike provides for the inclusion of workers in the monitoring of the economic model and activities within the body, which meets every six months.

These meetings should allow, in particular, to monitor the modification of the contract between Sete and the City Hall of Paris, as part of the delegation of civil servants.

The amendment is due to be submitted to the Paris Council in May. It foresees a 20% increase in entrance fees, a return to financial balance “from 2025” and 145 million euros of additional investment for maintenance work on the monument, including the continuation of the 20th operation aimed at the complete repainting of the tower, which has been inaugurated for 135 years ago.

The economic balance of the Eiffel Tower, which in 2023 returned to a higher frequency than it was before the Covid pandemic, with 6.3 million visitors, was weakened by a deficit of about 130 million euros in the two years of the health crisis (2020 and 2021) . ).