Tourism blow

A couple prepare to pose for a photograph Wednesday in front of the Eiffel tower, closed after staff went on strike on the 100th anniversary of the death of engineer Gustave Eiffel who built the tower, in Paris. The Eiffel Tower, one of the world’s top tourist attractions, was closed Wednesday after staff went on strike to protest against ‘the current way it is managed,’ the hard-left CGT union said in a statement.  AFP