The Eiffel Tower concessionaire and the workers’ unions have reached agreement to end the strike which began on Monday, so the symbolic Parisian monument opens this Sunday.

According to local media, the reached understanding includes a commitment to regularly monitor the economic model of the monument’s operation and the dynamics of investments in its development. improve the conditions of the tower.

The reopening will only take effect this Sunday to give technical teams time to ensure tourism services and lifts are functioning properly after six days of closure.

By 2031, $380 million will be invested in the Eiffel Tower.

The company operating the Eiffel Tower (SETE) and the trade unions also agreed on investments worth 380 million euros until 2031.

The search for a “viable and realistic economic model” was the reason given by two monument workers’ unions, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) and Fuerza Obrera (FO), when they submitted their strike notice more than a week ago.

Their complaints included what they considered to be an insufficient budget for the management and maintenance of the tower, and an exaggerated estimate of expected revenue because it was based on a hypothesis of 7.4 million visits per year, which was never achieved. never.

SETE apologized to visitors affected by the closure and promised an “automatic and full” refund of all tickets purchased during the strike period, which is from 19 to 24 February.

The Covid-19 crisis, according to power plants, has created a greater imbalance between income and expenses, caused by losses of 120 million euros in 2020 and 2021 due to a lack of tourists.