Income from visitors to the Acropolis increased in 2023 compared to 2022, according to Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, ANA reports.
“With last year’s improvements in all services of the electronic ticketing system, created in 2018, the Acropolis’ revenues continue to increase. From 46 million euros in 2022, they reached 60 million euros in 2023,” Mendoni noted. , responding to a question from Nea Aristera MP Nasos Iliopoulos.
At the same time, the Minister of Culture rejected the accusations of the MP of Nea Aristera that “the government is implementing a brutal policy, increasing the price of entry tickets for visitors up to 300%, hindering the tourism and widening social inequalities.
“The new pricing policy, which will come into force from April 2025, only follows the logic and good practices of other European countries, even if prices, compared to those of similar monuments, remain significantly lower in Greece “, underlined Mendoni. .
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