Pedestrians walk past the Eiffel Tower in Paris on September 8, 2026. The Eiffel Tower reopened on September 8, 2026 an AFP reporter said, after staff walked out over the removal of women colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group that later apologised. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP)
The Eiffel Tower reopened on Tuesday after staff walked out over the removal of women colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group which later apologised.
The operating company that runs the Paris landmark, SETE, acknowledged that the Hindu delegation had requested the visit on Saturday be organised so as to limit “interactions with women” and said that “these conditions should not have been accepted”.
The Eiffel Tower, which says it receives nearly seven million people a year, reopened on Tuesday morning, with visitors making their way through security checkpoints at the base.
The monument was closed on Monday, when SETE said it held a meeting between staff and management.
