In which case visitor numbers won’t swell

It's already like that, and it sucks. I remember a time when you could spontaneously decide "I'm going to the museum today!" then go there, wait a bit in line and get in. Now you have to book it weeks in advance, then get in line anyway, or show up without a reservation and be told the museum is full.

Sure, it does suck. But things change, and this is one of those things. The present solution has the Louvre closing without warning because they are short staffed, and that will only become a more frequent problem if they can't find some solution. Would you rather live in a world where you have to plan your visit to the Louvre, or where the Louvre will be randomly closed 5% of the time?

First and foremost, any implementation where staff walk off the job is not a solution. So status quo is worse than any alternative plan that addresses that issue.

France is the only place in the world you can have so many visitors that you…. Can’t hire more staff?!? For a paid venue?

Did you not read the thread? They are not paying enough to keep their staff working. Their options are to increase prices, decrease availability, or do nothing and hope it works out.

No kidding, thanks for summarizing what I’m saying.

Ah sorry, i misunderstood the sarcasm. You’re totally right, it’s absurd

Oh interesting we secured tickets in Sept for the winter. It sounds like there's a chance we wont get in...

The beauty of not being the center of the universe, or having a passion that almost nobody else has. When it comes to appreciating say the art, I see no issue there.

Your right ends where other's same rights begin and all that.

You misunderstood me. I don't lament not having the museum to myself. I lament the loss of a time when we could go to places without planning to weeks in advance.

Nowadays, we still need to wait in line to get in the museum, as we always needed to, the only difference is that there's a panel that reads "online reservations" in front of the line, and that you get bounced if you don't have a reservation.

I think a better way of looking at it might be that there are plenty of other museums that fit the bill, but the Louvre is no longer one of them.