The Uffizi Galleries in Florence towards more than five million visitors in 2023, a new all-time record in attendance (compared to about 4.3 million in the previous one, dated 2019), with an increase of almost 50% compared to 2015, and a second record, the more than 60 million in revenue made in the last year, over 70% more than the 35 million in 2022. These are some of the most important characters in the overall balance of Eike Schmidt's eight-year tenure as director of the Uffizi Galleries. Specifically, the total number of visitors to the Galleries (Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti, Boboli Gardens) until December 10 was 4,957,678, a +27.8% increase over the same period last year and a 49% increase over 2015, but given the doubling of the number of rooms open, crowding in the rooms has decreased. The threshold of 5,150,000 admissions will be surpassed on December 31st. Since 2016, 27,677,338 people have passed through the Galleries' doors. Takings: From December 10 to December 10, 2023, the Galleries gathered a monstrous sum of 58,973,810, a new all-time high. The projection by the end of the year is more than 60.3 million, a +72.1% increase over the 2022 results. The director of the Uffizi Galleries Eike Schmidt says "In a few days, the number of visitors to the Uffizi Galleries for the first time will cross the threshold of 5 million since the beginning of the year, and already between today and tomorrow the revenues generated by the museum since last January will exceed 60 million euros, quadrupled compared to eight years ago, while at the same time numerous discounts have been introduced for visitors and the opportunities for free admission have been increased" .
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