(23 Jul 2024)
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Paris – 23 July 2024
++PART MUTE++
1. Various of fences near the Eiffel Tower, policemen cordoning off street
2. Various of people taking selfie and photos in front of fenced Eiffel Tower
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Angie Diestro, tourist from the Philippines:
"It’s there first time to see the Eiffel Tower up-close. And we cannot access, you know. We have to get a restaurant near the Eiffel Tower just to have a glimpse of the Eiffel (Tower). And that’s so disappointing."
4. Various of tourists behind barriers, people lining up ++MUTE++
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Van Der Wild, tourist from the Netherlands:
"I’m not really into the Olympic vibe yet. I see a lot of police and military people. It’s more…”
Reporter: “Security vibes?”
Van Der Wild: “Security vibes, yeah."
Anna Van Der Wild, tourist from the Netherlands: "I kind of like it, I think we’ve seen some athletes walking around."
6. Various of people lining up, policewoman checking passes ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
Tourists in Paris are finding getting around difficult as most of the city’s landmarks have become the venues of the upcoming Olympic Games and are cordoned off with security barriers.
To get through you need a special pass, which should have been applied for in advance.
"We have to get a restaurant near the Eiffel Tower just to have a glimpse of the Eiffel (Tower). And that’s so disappointing," Angie Diestro, tourist from the Philippines, said.
Security has been ramped up to an extremely high level with 45,000 policemen and gendarmes patrolling the streets and another 10,000 soldiers who are lending helping hands.
Three days before the start of the 2024 Olympics, France’s interior minister said about 1,000 people suspected of possibly meddling for a foreign power have been blocked from attending the Olympics.
About 1 million background checks have scrutinized Olympic volunteers, workers and others involved in the Games as well as those applying for passes to enter the most tightly controlled security zone in Paris.
That zone runs along the banks of the Seine, where the opening ceremony is will take place on Friday.
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