Paris’ Louvre Museum to introduce compulsory online booking

The Louvre, which houses the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci and is the most visited museum in the world, has become a victim of its own success and overcrowding is a problem.

Also a temporary move of the Mona Lisa to another room to allow for refurbishments added to confusion.

”Until now a reservation system has not been obligatory (but) we will put in place an obligatory reservations system, as many other museums have done, and, by the end of the year, all visitors will have to reserve,” he told AFP.