Editing Avignon (section)

=== Tourism ===
Four million visitors come annually to visit the city and the region and also for its [[Festival d'Avignon]].<ref name=mariecarte/> In 2011 the most visited tourist attraction was the Palais des Papes with 572,972 paying visitors.<ref name=otstats>{{ cite web|last=Joly |first=Sylvie |title=Avignon 2013: Dossier de Presse |url=http://www.ftp-avignon.com/pdf/DP2013/DP2013.pdf |publisher=Office de Tourisme, Avignon |access-date=31 July 2014 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810035854/http://www.ftp-avignon.com/pdf/DP2013/DP2013.pdf |archive-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The annual Festival d'Avignon is the most important cultural event in the city. The official festival attracted 135,800 people in 2012.<ref name=otstats/>

[[File:Viking Burgundy (ship, 2000) 001.jpg|thumb|A cruise boat at the quay at Avignon.]]
River tourism began in 1994 with three river boat-hotels. {{Citation needed|date=July 2017}} In 2011 there is a fleet of 21 river boat-hotel vessels, including six sight-seeing boats which are anchored on the quay along the Oulle walkways. In addition, a free shuttle boat connects Avignon to the Île de la Barthelasse and, as of 1987, a harbor master has managed all river traffic.

The commune has been awarded one flower by the ''National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom'' in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.villes-et-villages-fleuris.com/les_villes_et_village_fleuris-47.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210053901/http://www.cnvvf.fr/les_villes_et_village_fleuris-47.html|url-status=dead|title=Site officiel du label Villes et Villages Fleuris|archive-date=10 December 2014|website=villes-et-villages-fleuris.com}}</ref>