Visitors To The Expo Group Account For 37% Of The Total Number Of Visitors To Expo Park.

The reporter learned from the press conference held at 13 that as of June 9th, the 40 days of the World Expo were running, and the 119 thousand group and 451.3 million visitors of the 47 designated World Tourism reception groups accounted for 37% of the total number of visitors to the Expo Park.

Among them, 10 designated clubs in Shanghai have 69 thousand batches and 268.5 million people, accounting for 59.5% of the total number of 47 designated Expo clubs in the country.

20 thousand guides from nearly 1000 travel agencies in Shanghai are working hard to receive guests from all corners of the country.

A large number of tourists from home and abroad come to Shanghai to watch World Expo, which has brought a golden opportunity to Shanghai's tourism industry. At the same time, it has brought various tests to Shanghai's tourism.

According to the Shanghai Tourism Bureau, there are about 6600 hotels in Shanghai, with nearly 550 thousand beds. The number of visitors to the Expo is 400 thousand per day, and the occupancy rate is about 89%. When the number of visitors is 500 thousand per day, the hotel occupancy rate is about 94%. In some areas, there is a tension in booking rooms, and the price of housing has increased in varying degrees.

In order to cope with the reception task of large passenger flow and make tourists happy and satisfied, the Shanghai Tourism Administration has made a request to the city's tourism industry to ensure that tourists have access to cars in Shanghai, visitors to the Expo, and accommodation is guaranteed.

At the same time, efforts should be made to regulate travel agencies, tour guides, hotels and so on. In the near future, inspections will be conducted, and the hotline 962020 of the tourism sector will be opened to the public to receive social supervision.