Editing Eiffel Tower (section)

==Tourism==
===Transport===
The nearest [[Paris Métro]] station is [[Bir-Hakeim (Paris Métro)|Bir-Hakeim]] and the nearest [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]] station is [[Champ de Mars–Tour Eiffel station|Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toureiffel.paris/en/preparing-your-visit/getting-to-the-eiffel-tower.html |title=Getting to the Eiffel Tower |author=SETE |website=Official Eiffel Tower website |access-date=16 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414225056/http://www.toureiffel.paris/en/preparing-your-visit/getting-to-the-eiffel-tower.html |archive-date=14 April 2016 }}</ref> The tower itself is located at the intersection of the quai Branly and the [[Pont d'Iéna]].

===Popularity===
[[File:Eiffel Tower Visitors.svg|thumb|Number of visitors per year between 1889 and 2004]]

More than 300&nbsp;million people have visited the tower since it was completed in 1889.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/news/events/300-million-visitors-eiffel-tower-1889-tower-celebrates-28th-september | title=300 million visitors to the Eiffel Tower since 1889. The Tower celebrates on 28th September! | date=21 September 2017 }}</ref><ref name=Key_figures/> In 2015, there were 6.91&nbsp;million visitors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20160119-eiffel-tower-visitors-dip-paris-attacks-terrorism|title=Number of Eiffel Tower visitors falls in wake of Paris attacks|date=20 January 2016|access-date=15 April 2016|publisher=France 24}}</ref> The tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2007/07/23/tour-eiffel-et-souvenirs-de-paris-par-jean-michel-normand_938349_3232.html|title=Tour Eiffel et souvenirs de Paris |work=Le Monde|author=Jean-Michel Normand|location=France|date=23 July 2007|access-date=24 May 2010}}</ref> An average of 25,000 people ascend the tower every day (which can result in long queues).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/eiffel-tower-reopens-to-tourists-after-rare-closure-for-2-day-strike/|title=Eiffel Tower reopens to tourists after rare closure for 2-day strike|agency=Associated Press|publisher=Fox News|date=27 June 2013|access-date=16 April 2016}}</ref>