A staff member shows off tickets for the 2010 Shanghai World Exposition in Hefei, capital of eastern China's Anhui Province on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Both standard-day and peak-day tickets will go on sale to individuals from China and abroad from July 1, 2009. [Photo: Xinhuanet]
Tickets to the 2010 Shanghai World Expo starts sale to individuals on Wednesday at more than 3,200 outlets across China. Previously, only group tickets had been on sale, the Oriental Morning Post reported.
The price for a standard single-day ticket will rise to 140 yuan and a peak-day ticket to 180 yuan during the second sales phase that will last from July 1 to December 31, 2009. Both are 20 yuan less than the prices to be charged during the Expo.
During the first sales phase, which started March 27 of this year, a standard single-day ticket cost only 130 yuan and a peak-day ticket 170 yuan.
Peak-day tickets cover 17 days, including the May Day holiday (May 1-3), the National Day holiday (October 1-7), and the last week before closing (October 25-31).
Unlike sales of the Beijing Olympics tickets, showing proof of identity will not be required when buying the tickets at authorized outlets and ticket sales per person are unlimited, according to the ticketing center of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination.
The tickets will be sold by China Mobile, China Telecom, Bank of Communications and China Post. People could also buy tickets online or by telephone.
The international event will run from May to October next year. Research predicts that a total of 70-million people will visit Shanghai during the 184-day event with the daily number of visitors possibly reaching 800-thousand.
In addition, Shanghai World Expo tickets will go on sale in Japan on July 1, 2009. It is estimated that over one million Japanese will visit the Shanghai Expo.
A staff member shows off tickets for the 2010 Shanghai World Exposition in Shanghai on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Both standard-day and peak-day tickets will go on sale to individuals from China and abroad from July 1, 2009. [Photo: Xinhuanet]
