Beyonce and Jay-Z help Paris Louvre to record number of visitors

FILE PHOTO: Chinese tourists stand in front of the Louvre Pyramid designed by Chinese-born U.S. Architect Ieoh Ming Pei outside the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, July 26, 2018. Picture taken July 26, 2018. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - A music video by Beyonce and Jay-Z set in the Louvre helped boost visitor numbers to a record 10.2 million last year, the most for any museum in history, the Louvre said on Thursday.

A rebound in tourist numbers to Paris, following a drop after Islamist militants killed 130 people in the French capital in November 2015, also helped the museum achieve a 25 percent increase in visitors on the previous year.