Terrorist attacks in Paris have been on the rise lately, and now they have come up with a project that could help prevent further acts of terrorism. The country has suffered from devastating terrorist attacks in the previous years.
Most iconic areas and sites in Paris have had security breaches which led to terrorists succeeding in their planned attacks. This leaves certain landmarks in the country vulnerable to another terrorist strike.
To prevent further terrorist attacks in Paris, the government is planning to protect their iconic tourist destination, the Eiffel Tower. According to The Sun, the capital's mayor's office is planning to surround the tower with 8 foot bullet-proof glass walls.
The project is estimated to cost about 20 million Euros and will begin as early as this year, as soon as the project gets approved. Tourism assistant mayor Jean-Francois Martins explained that this could stop terrorist attacks in Paris by halting vehicles and terrorists from damaging the historic landmark.
Given the devastating aftermath of the previous attacks, this preventive measure is just what Paris needs. After all, the recent terrorist attacks in Paris gave its tourism a damaging blow.
According to Independent, there has been a 0.8 percent drop in visitors to France's capital. While the percentage might not seem that much at first, it's reported that it cost them about 1.3 billion Euros.
The previous terrorist attacks in Paris were nothing short of traumatizing to the locals and visitors alike. The attack on the Bataclan night club resulted in 89 casualties, not to mention the numerous casualties that occurred outside of the club as well.
The vehicular manslaughter in Nice city claimed the lives of 86 people, which happened on the French National Day no less. The previous terrorist attacks in Paris certainly made a bigger impact on Chinese and Japanese tourists.
It's reported that Japanese tourists are down to 41.2 percent, while Chinese numbers are depreciating by 21.5 percent. Less Chinese tourists means less tourism revenue for the country since they're considered as the "biggest spenders" in Paris.
Of course, this only gives more reasons to prevent terrorist attacks in Paris from happening again. With the planned Eiffel Tower project, Paris is heading in the right direction in preventing terrorism.
