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Tips, rules for visitors outlined for event
2009. 28 September
by Yang Jian
(chinadaily.com.cn)
How to tour around the large site within a day at next year's Shanghai Expo? How to avoid queuing hours for a popular pavilion? Can visitors bring their pets? What should visitors do if children get lost?
The 2010 Shanghai World Expo will have the largest Expo site at 5.28 square kilometers, more than 200 pavilions and expected visitor numbers of 70 million. To have a pleasant tour around the so-called "Olympics of Science and Economy," visitors should make some preparations before entering.
The organizer revealed many tips for visitors to the world fair, including transport at the site, visitor services and many rules during a meeting last week in Shanghai for participant countries and international organizations.
The update session, the last before Expo starts on May 1, brought together 818 representatives of the 242 countries and organizations taking part.
More than 100 free shuttle buses will drive visitors from pavilion to pavilion and ferries will carry them across the Huangpu River to ensure convenient transport throughout the site, said Huang Jianzhi, deputy director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination.
The Expo site is on both sides of the Huangpu River. It is about 3 kilometers long from east to west and about 2 kilometers wide across the river. More than 200 pavilions, including about 40 stand-alones built by participant countries, will be dotted around the site.
Busy buses
It will take a whole day for visitors to walk across the site without entering a pavilion. They could also get lost among the various pavilions.
The organizer has not only prepared enough shuttle buses for visitors but also well-designed bus routes to make an Expo tour efficient.
Visitors will be able to find a shuttle bus station every 300 meters and buses will pass every 3 minutes, Huang said.
The main 14-kilometer-long shuttle bus route will be served by 120 zero-emission, super-capacitor buses that will make stops at an Asian Pavilions Station, China Pavilion Station, Theme Pavilion Station and America Pavilions Station in the Pudong section of the Expo site and a Corporate Pavilions Station in Puxi, or the west side of the Huangpu River.
The buses will use the Xizang Road S. Tunnel, one of Shanghai's newest cross-river passages and the only one connecting both Expo zones along the Huangpu River.
The route will be favored by those who don't want to miss any aspect of the Expo but see it in a hurry. There will be a second, 3-kilometer route in the core Expo area in Pudong which will be suitable for those who want to carefully see the main exhibitions.
Visitors will also be able to tour the grounds for a fee on eight-seat, golf cart-like vehicles.
The electric tour buses will run on the elevated pedestrian paths that link the pavilions, and on the roads. Visitors will be able to board anywhere on the site.
In addition to the buses, 70 ferry boats will take visitors across the river. Three wharves will be set up in Pudong and two in Puxi. Another wharf will be built in Pudong for VIPs.
Help centers
To better cater for visitors, the organizer will set up 54 visitor centers to provide services including information, emergency medical service, baggage checks, lost and found, lost children areas, complaint counters and aid for the physically challenged.
Tourists can leave baggage at the centers using their Expo tickets. Walking sticks and wheelchairs will be lent free to seniors and the physically challenged.
Parents will be able to go to a kindergarten for children who get lost. Volunteers patrolling the site will take lost kids to the facility and sitters will take care of them.
To avoid queuing, visitors will be able to reserve a pavilion ticket daily at 22 reservation machines on the Expo site. Water and other drinks, lighters and pets will be banned at the entrance. The organizer will issue a notice on any other banned articles before the opening of Expo. Transport, parking, food and other essential facts Transport:
More than 100 free shuttle buses will drive visitors from pavilion to pavilion and 70 ferries will carry them across the Huangpu River. Visitors will be able to find a shuttle bus station every 300 meters and buses will roll by every three minutes. Visitors will be able to stop and board anywhere for a fee on eight-seat, golf cart-like vehicles.
Reservations:
Visitors will be able to reserve a pavilion viewing daily at 22 reservation machines at the Expo Site. A ticket will advise when they are to enter the pavilion and when to leave.
Visitor services:
Fifty-four visitor centers will provide services including information, emergency medical service, baggage checks, lost and found, lost children areas, complaint counters and aid for the physically challenged.
Eating areas:
Forty buildings for restaurants will enable an eating spot within a five-minute walk from anywhere on the site. The restaurants plan to offer more than 300,000 Chinese and Western meals a day. Prices will be no more expensive than those outside the site.
Banned items:
Water and other drinks, lighters and pets will be banned at the entrance. The organizer will issue a notice on any other banned articles before the opening of the Expo.
Parking lots:
The organizer will build 19 parking lots near the Expo entrances, with capacity for 4,000 buses and 1,400 cars.
How to get there:
Visitors will be able to take six Metro lines - No. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 13, which is known as the Expo Special Line - to the site.
ATM:
Twenty-five ATM machine will be set up. An EFTPOS machine will be available at all the stores.
Post office:
The Expo site will have eight post offices.