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| Paris Louvre is world's most-visited museum with 9.3 million visitors last year |
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This file picture taken on February 16, 2010 in Paris shows a person walking in front of the Louvre Pyramid. The Louvre museum will undergo renovation work at the end of 2014 until 2017. AFP PHOTO LOIC VENANCE.
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PARIS.- The famous Louvre in France received 9.3 million visitors last year, retaining 爄ts title as the most-visited 爉useum in the world, the Paris attraction announced Tuesday.
Foreign visitors represented 70 percent of ticket sales, with Americans, Chinese, Italians, British and Brazilians visiting in strong numbers over 2014, the Louvre said in a statement.
The total number of tourists who came in to admire works of art and antiquities including Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, 爓as up 100,000 on 2013.
Another 爏tar attraction at the arts and antiquities museum in the heart of Paris was the ancient Greek marble sculpture 'Winged Victory of Samothrace' which was back on display after restoration.
More than half of all visitors to the Louvre last year were under 30, according to the museum.
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