Some 227,300 people entered the Expo site by 7:30pm yesterday.

Among yesterday's visitors, 67,000 came in tour groups. A total of 39,826 tickets were sold at the gates, 11,423 of them for evening visit.

As of 6pm, 42,000 visitors had passed through Houtan entrance, compared with 34,000 at Shangnan Road entrance, 40,000 at Changqing Road entrance and 32,000 at Gaoke Road entrance.

As many as 59 shows were performed at Expo venues from morning to 5pm yesterday, attracting 36,000 spectators.

Five on-site health clinics treated 198 visitors yesterday by 4pm.

The Expo Organizer expects some 83,000 group visitors today and advices people to visit the Expo now as the weather is not that hot and also to avoid big crowds coming between mid September to the end of October.

Editor: Hu Min