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Touring around Expo pavilions means more than sightseeing for many visitors, who squeeze in among the crowds to buy international luxury goods or limited items, the xinhuanew.com.cn reported Friday.
Exposure: Official Newspaper of Expo 2010
Some pavilions have made changes to easy-access entrances and stamps on Expo passports in reaction to growing chaos among tourists in the Expo Garden.
The number of visitors to the World Expo 2010 reached 8.7065 million by yesterday and the organizers estimate that the figure will stand at more than 10 million by the weekend.
Shanghainese resident Qiao Renbiao today received a gift pack from the Canada Pavilion as its lucky millionth visitor at 11:20am.
With the opening of the Iraq Pavilion, all of the 145 pavilions of the 2010 World Expo have started operation.
World Expo Shanghai 2010 is a defining event for promoting understanding among countries, people and cultures around the world, said Mr. Shaukat Aziz, former prime minister of Pakistan, while visiting the Pakistan Pavilion in Shanghai.
The Hong Kong Pavilion and Hong Kong's Urban Best Practices Area Exhibition have received more than 500,000 visitors since World Expo 2010 Shanghai opened May 1.
As the number of visitors to Expo 2010 Shanghai continues to grow, police have now started working around the clock to curb crime in and around the Expo Garden.
Attendance at Expo 2010 Shanghai will continue to rise in June as organizers gear up to combat extreme weather conditions when summer descends on the city.