Tickets issued for the 2013 arts festival, which begun on 2 August, accumulated to more than 1.94 million tickets as of yesterday (26 August). This was for a range of shows and events hosted in 273 venues across the city.
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."
Organisers said that a new initiative has been implemented for this year's 25-day event allowing audience members to print tickets for any show purchased from the society at one of 21 collection points situated in Fringe venues across central Edinburgh.
The Glasgow Box Office at ScotRail’s Queen Street station also offered attendees from Glasgow and west Scotland to purchase and collect tickets before boarding trains to Edinburgh - a scheme now in its second year.
The Fringe Society also sold tickets through Facebook and its mobile app.
Another new initiative for the 2013 event was the Fringe Central Welcome Address, a centre which hosted a range of free events each day focused on the professional and career development of those involved in one of the Fringe’s 2,871 shows.
Next year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe will take place between 1 and 25 August 2014.
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