(VOVWORLD) - The Eiffel Tower reopened to visitors on Friday for the first time in nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the longest closure since World War II.
 Visitors outside the Eiffel Tower in Paris on August 24, 2020. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
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Daily capacity is set to be restricted to 13,000 people, but about half of the normal level, in order to respect social distancing.
From next Wednesday, visitors will need to show either proof of vaccination or a negative test, in line with recent government-imposed requirements.
According to the Eiffel Tower’s management board, half of visitors are expected to be French, while Italians and Spanish make up a higher proportion than usual.
The long closure has sharply dropped revenue of the monument’s operating company, Sete, 75% to 25 million euros or 29 million USD last year.