Eiffel Tower lights up for France

I’m the artist behind the Peace for Paris symbol drawing. In his interview with Wired, he said he is now away on holiday and asked that his location not be disclosed.

With the closing of Eiffel Tower, Paris’ Tourism is greatly affected.

The attacks on Friday left 129 dead and more than 350 wounded.

Disneyland Paris east of the city closed in honor of the country’s mourning period. It seems that’s what most people got out of it. So in that sense, if it was useful for people to share and communicate their loss and need for peace, then that’s what it was meant to be.

Additional security measures and police officers are in place at the tower.

A few say this is the right approach.

Surprisingly, not every reaction has been positive – but Jean defended himself against allegations that he was merely attempting to profit from a tragedy: I didn’t do it to benefit from it in any way. But she said that to keep it closed for too long would suggest people were intimidated by the terrorists.

The Tower will remain tri-coloured until midnight on Tuesday.

The carnage in Paris has sent shudders through the tourism sector in one of the world’s most visited cities with hotel owners, tour operators and others in the industry hoping the expected drop-off in visitors will not last long.

The Eiffel Tower lit up in the colours of the French flag for Bastille Day 2015.

“[The attacks are] obviously likely to significantly hit the Paris economy in the near term, and there could also be a knock-on effect elsewhere in France”, said Howard Archer, the chief European economist at IHS.

Its tourism industry also has recent experience attempting to buffet itself from impacts of terrorist mayhem.

A similiar Internet phenomenon occurred after the January 7 attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were killed by jihadist gunmen. The attacks prompted the company to halt the tower’s nightly illumination and hourly five-minute flashing light show.

Overwhelmed with sadness, he drew an Eiffel Tower standing at the center of a peace sign.