Expo organizers are to stop selling standard-day and multi-day tickets from Wednesday to control visitor numbers over the event's final two months.

The Ticketing Center of the Expo said yesterday that only intraday tickets (including night tickets available from 4pm) and peak-day tickets for the National Day holiday (October 1 to 7) and last week of the Expo (October 25 to 31) would be available from Wednesday.

Sales of the three-day (400 yuan) and seven-day (900 yuan) tickets have stopped as they had all sold out.

Multi-day tickets have been popular since selling began in January because of their lower prices for each day compared to the standard-day ticket, officials said.

People can buy intraday tickets at the Expo entrances.

Peak-day tickets will be available at 64 branches around China of four designated ticket sales agents: China Mobile, China Telecom, Bank of Communications and China Post.

Shanghai has six branches selling the peak-day tickets.

Visitors will also be allowed to buy the intraday tickets for the next day after 4pm every day from Wednesday.

Seniors, physically challenged people, students, children and military personnel will still be eligible for discounts.

Editor: Yang Jian