Over 70 mln visit Expo
CHINA: The number of visitors to the Shanghai World Expo 2010 topped
70 million Sunday, reaching the expectation of the Expo Bureau before
its opening on May 1, according to the official Expo website Sunday.
Some 451,200 visitors entered into the Expo Park by 11 a.m. Sunday,
bring the total number to 70.159 million, the 177th day since the event
started.
"The news is exciting and it' s an encouragement for the organizers,"
said an official with the Bureau of the Shanghai World Expo
Coordination.
Visitors continue to swarm to the site during the final days of the
event, breaking a record for the maximum attendance on a single day
October 16 as 1.03 million people visited the Expo with an originally
estimated maximum capacity of 600,000 people.
The last week of the Expo from October 25 to 31 will be designated
days, during which daily numbers will be limited to 400,000 to 500,000,
said Huang Jianzhi, deputy director general of the Bureau of Shanghai
World Expo Coordination October 16.
The number of visitors broke the previous record set during the 1970
Osaka World Expo in Japan, which attracted 64 million people, on October
18 when it reached 65.8 million. Shanghai, Sunday, Xinhua |