Bullfighting (shows, not breeding)generate a turnover of around 40-50 million euros per year
estimates André Viard, the founder of the National Observatory of Bullfighting Cultures, a pro-bullfighting association created in 2008. For comparison, the Roland-Garros tournament brought in 300 million euros in 2022.
The practice is allowed in just three regions: Occitanie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and PACA. Today there are 56 bullfighting towns in France
explains André Viard, who lists among 100 and 110 bullfights a year
.
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A classic bullfight has 6 bulls killed in the arena. Also adding the village festivals, festivals
the fan’s name fewer than 1,000 bulls killed annually
.
In terms of attendance, it is difficult to have a reliable estimate. We have exceeded the data of 2019
claims André Viard, which Claire Starozinski, president of the association of Nîmes Alliance Anticorida, denies.
For the defenders of bullfighting, this is the engine of the ferias, the fiestas of the south. But the latter pays off big time: about 60 million euros for Nîmes, 12 million for Arles…
. Even if very few of those present at the holidays attend the bullfights. Thus, the one in Nîmes attracts more than a million visitors, but the capacity of its arena does not exceed 13,800 spectators. According to Claire Starozinski, for the Pentecost holidays, the number of bullfights in Nîmes increased from 9 until 2013, to 8 in 2014, 7 since 2015 and 6 since 2020.
