The organizers of the 2010 World Expo have taken a series of measures, including expanding ticket sales channels, setting up temporary medical clinics and booths selling low-price food.
Tickets for 2010 World Expo are now available in local supermarkets, convenience stores and train ticket offices to meet huge demand.
Outside the Expo site, visitor can buy both standard and special tickets in Lianhua and Hualian supermarkets, and in four convenience store chains such as Lawson and Alldays, Hong Hao, director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, told yesterday’s press conference.
The organizers had added Xinya Steam Bun Stores and Jing’an Bakery which offer low-price food after complaints about the high price of food on site, Hong said.
The per capita consumption expense is down by 20 percent to 36 yuan (US$ 5.27) according to the organizers’ statistics from May 7 to 16.
Two temporary medical clinics have been set up at the major entrances to the Expo site on the Puxi side and similar clinics will open soon on the Pudong side. The clinics will treat Expo visitors who suffer from heat-related ailments.
Ambulance stations have also been moved near the entrances to offer more efficient patient transportation. Since the fair’s opening, five medical stations inside the site have been in operation from 8am to midnight.
A new policy encouraging visitors to tour the Urban Best Practices Area was also initiated. People are required to collect 16 stamps from their UBPA tour and trade them for a reserved ticket to the China Pavilion or the Saudi Arabia Pavilion.
The Expo director also revealed that more entertainment activities will be moved to the Puxi section, continuing to balance the visitor flows of the two areas. And group visitors are encouraged to enter the Expo site from entrances in Puxi.
Also, Hong said there would be an increase in sun shades as the temperature keeps climbing. For the top 10 popular pavilions, such as Germany, Saudi Arabia and Japan, shelters have been set up to keep lines of visitors from the sun.
Similar measures to help visitors have involved adding more seats, more toilets near popular pavilions and more electric power carts, Hong said.
(Source: en.expo2010.cn)
