Tuesday, May 4, 2010

The Classifications of the Expo Admission Tickets

The Shanghai Expo 2010 has been the largest exposition ever since. There are 189 countries and 57 international organizations participating in the Shanghai Expo 2010. Today (May 4, 2010) is the fourth day of the Expo. There were in total 143,000 visitors for today. The number of visitors significantly dropped when comparing with those on the first two days (Saturday and Sunday respectively). The China Pavilion remains to be the top focus among most visitors. There were still a large number of people asking for reservation tickets for the entry to the China Pavilion this morning. All tickets finished within 15 minutes.

To purchase Expo admission tickets, one should pay attention to the date of entry. Tickets are classified as Peak and Standard Days. Peak Days refer to May 1-3, 2010 (The Labor Day Holiday), October 1-7, 2010 (The National Day Holiday), and the last week before closing (October 25-30, 2010) with 17 days in total. All other days with a total of 167 days are classified as Standard Days. Please refer to the following table for ticket prices.

Classification Price
Peak Day Single Day Admission CNY200
Peak Day Special Admission CNY120
Standard Day Single Day Admission CNY160
Standard Day Special Admission CNY100
3 Days Admission CNY400
7 Days Admission CNY900
Evening Admission CNY90
Group Admission For authorized travel agent
Student Group Admission For authorized travel agent

US$1.00 roughly equivalent to CNY6.77

Special Admission Tickets are applicable to the disabled, senior citizens, students with valid IDs, children above 1.2m, and Chinese military on active duty. Valid IDs are required both at the time of purchase and visits. Children at or under 1.2m will be admitted freely but should be accompanied by at least one adult.

Source: http://www.expo2010.cn

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