A worker rides under a 1,780-sq m cloth canopy installed yesterday that will house a portion of the 2010 Shanghai Expo site.
Organizers of the Shanghai World Expo, scheduled to kick off May 1 next year, are expecting to sell 62 million tickets for the six-month event after sales open for individual purchasers tomorrow.
Chen Xianjin, deputy director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, said yesterday that about 24 million tickets will be sold before the fair opens next May, while almost "double that number will be bought during the course of the event".
About 2 million group tickets, the sales of which opened on March 27, have already been sold, Chen said.
Till now, 239 countries and international organizations have confirmed their participation in the expo.
Four authorized agencies -- China Mobile, China Telecom, China Post and Bank of Communications -- will start selling individual tickets at some 2,800 outlets on the Chinese mainland. Tickets will also be available online.
