Paris Paralympic organisers on Wednesday hailed the milestone of nearly two million tickets sold for the Games, which start on 28 August in Paris.
"It's very good news, because we'll have full stadiums for the events," said Michaël Aloïsio, one of top officials on the organising committee.
"The vast majority of French people were enthusiastic about the Olympic Games, and we're going to see the same ingredients again, the same competition venues that made such a lasting impression.
"We'll find the same openness in the city and the same atmosphere in the stadiums, with French athletes trying to go for the medals."
Aloïsio's optimism came on the day that the first of the 4,4000 athletes arrived in Paris for the events.
After the opening ceremony around the Place de la Concorde and Champs Elysées, they will compete in 22 para sports at the same sites used during the Olympic Games in which the French athletes racked up their best haul of gold medals for 100 years.
"We're going to find all that atmosphere again," added Aloïsio. "We're obviously urging all the French fans to come along and get involved in the events."
Breakdown
A breakdown of ticket sales for the Paralympic Games shows nearly 75 percent of sales have gone to fans from the Ile de France – the 12,000 square kilometre area housing more than 12 million people aorund Paris.
Aloïsio added: "In terms of foreign countries, we're where we were with the Olympics, with people from Britain, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands buying most of the tickets."
An advertising campaign titled "Game is not over” was launched as the Olympics was coming to an end with the aim of highlighting French paralympic athletes and wooing people returning from summer holidays, who may have regretted leaving Paris during the Olympics.
"The Paralympic Party is going to be even louder and more fun for everyone in Paris," said Andrew Parsons who heads the International Paralympic Committee.
"After witnessing the Olympics, I am even more confident than ever before that Paris 2024 is going to stage the most spectacular Paralympic Games in history.
"In terms of preparation, pretty much everything is ready."
The 47-year-old joked: "The test event – as we call the Olympic Games – has resolved some of the operational issues which are always experienced in the first days of a major event.
"For certain, the sport is going to be incredible and highly competitive. The world's best Paralympians are coming to Paris not to participate, but to compete.
"They are not playing games here. They are going to show that by training, just as hard as their Olympic counterparts, they can deliver sporting performance that are off the scale and that will blow your mind."
Paralympic organisers say they are hoping to entice families preparing for the start of the new school year to events via evening sessions in athletics and swimming at the Stade de France and La Defense Arena respectively.
"You can go back to work and experience an Olympic final in the evening, or you can take your family and your children back to school and experience an Olympic final, it's completely possible," added Aloïsio.
