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January 6, 2012

8.8 million visit Louvre Museum

PARIS (AP) — Russians and Chinese came in far greater numbers, but Americans remained the most numerous visitors as the Louvre Museum in Paris racked up record tourist traffic in 2011.

Managers at the fabled castle-turned-cultural mecca say the museum drew more than 8.8 million visitors last year — a 5 percent increase from a year earlier despite hard economic times in much of the West.


 
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