Louvre and other French museums fare hikes for non-European visitors

The move is one of the boldest adoptions in Europe of so-called "dual pricing" at museums -- charging visitors different prices depending on their origins. The practice is common in many developing countries, but until now was largely absent in Europe and has been criticised for being discriminatory and reducing access for some low-income foreign visitors to the home of the Mona Lisa. Tourists who spoke to AFP on Wednesday had mixed reactions. Kevin Flynn, an Australian in his 60s in Paris for a week with his wife...