The Palace of Parliament (Palatul Parlamentului), the world'sbiggest administrative building opened to visitors and Bucharest'smost important point of attraction, has on average received 403visitors per day since the start of the year, two times fewer thanHungary's Parliament building, according to a ZF survey.
While it has entered the record book three times as being amongthe biggest, most expensive and heaviest administrative buildingsin the world (according to worldrecordsacademy.org), the Palace ofParliament attracted 98,158 tourists in the first eight months ofthe year, 7% fewer than in the same period of last year.
Last year, the Palace received 152,107 visitors, compared with300,000 visitors received by the Parliament building of Budapest,with a built area of 18,000 square metres, almost four timessmaller than that of the Palace of Parliament.
"(...) While last year ticket prices were higher for foreigntourists, this year all the adult visitors pay 25 RON (6 euros) fora standard tour," stated the Palace representatives, which did notprovide any data about this year's receipts.
According to ZF estimates, the building collected at least 585,000euros, taking into account the number of visitors and the price ofa standard tour.
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