We cannot say that it is eagerly awaited. This Wednesday, Île-de-France Mobilités announced the opening of the sale of the Paris 2024 pass. Intended to allow tourists to use transport during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, it is available on website of the regional transport authority.
This package should allow visitors to use transport to get to the competition sites and will be available from July 20 to September 8.
16 euros per day, 70 euros per week
It will cost 16 euros per day, with a decreasing rate depending on the number of days. For seven days, it will cost 70 euros to be able to travel unlimited anywhere in Ile-de-France, including to Orly and Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airports.
These prices, considered prohibitive, caused controversy when they were unveiled at the end of November. In fact, the price of a single ticket will almost double between July 20 and September 8, going from 2.10 to 4 euros.
A watchword: anticipate
The prices for Navigo and Imagin’R passes, reserved for residents of the region, will remain unchanged.
Fortunately, there are tips for Ile-de-France residents to avoid this sudden inflation. 20 minutes has also listed them. IDFM also recommends that Ile-de-France residents buy tickets in advance to avoid price increases or adopt the Liberté + pass which allows them to pay as they go, at a price of 1.73 euros per ticket within Paris itself.
A funny strategy
At the end of March, the president of IDFM, Valérie Pécresse, returned to this controversial pricing, affirming that the price of the single ticket had been set at 4 euros “so that no one buys them” and thus avoid “embolisms”. at the counters.”
In Paris’s application file for the organization of the 2024 Olympic Games, it was planned that public transport would be free for spectators.