The show has so far drawn about 900,000 visitors.
Together, the shows had been drawing about 2,500 visitors a day.
Last year the theater drew about 40,000 visitors, he said.
Festival or not, Avignon draws about 1.5 million visitors every year.
The procession and the carpets draw about 300,000 visitors each year.
Now it has 3,300 family memberships and draws about 200,000 visitors a year.
The parks draw about 9.5 million visitors a year.
French officials said it would create 30,000 new jobs and should draw about 10 million visitors a year.
It draws about 25,000 visitors per month, including school groups and researchers.
Still, the museum draws about 1.5 million visitors a year.