Ticket sales
at this year's Edinburgh Fringe are up by an estimated 5%, according to its
organisers.
The Fringe Society said more than 1,943,000 tickets
were issued, with some shows still to have their final performance.
It follows a slight drop in ticket sales last year
caused by a clash with the Olympics being held in London.
Many individual venues are reporting even higher
increases, with established venues up between 20% and 30%.
The 2013 programme for the Fringe, the biggest arts
festival in the world, featured 45,464 performances of 2,871 shows at a total
of 273 venues across the city.
The programme contained 713 free shows which do not
sell tickets but asked the audience to contribute at the end of the show.
These shows were not included in the box office
ticket sales.
Kath Mainland, chief executive of the Edinburgh
Festival Fringe Society, said: "Our loyal and enthusiastic audience has
once again been treated to the most amazing cultural experience and has been
both challenged and entertained by a programme of spectacular work across all
art forms from all around the world.
"Over the past 25 days, audiences from
Edinburgh, Scotland, the rest of the UK and across the globe have been inspired
by world-class performers, writers and artists in the largest celebration of
art and entertainment in the world.
"I would like, on behalf of the hundreds of
thousands of people who visited the Fringe this year, to thank them for showing
us their incredible talent and courage by bringing so many extraordinary shows
and events to our capital city."
The 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe will run from the
1 August to 25 August.
Source: BBC
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