Source: Xinhua
05-01-2009 10:09
Special Report: 2010 Shanghai Expo CountdownBEIJING, May 1 -- How much will it cost to tour the world? The answer is 160 yuan (23.35 U.S. dollars). In just a year's time, people will be able to enjoy tea in a French garden, chat with friends on Australia's Uluru and take a trip on Switzerland's Mount Titlis cable car, all on the same day. The dreamlike journey will take place in the 2010 World Expo site along the Huangpu River in Shanghai.
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| A transparent coniform "sun valley", a project which will capture sunlight and disperse it along the one kilometre long boulevard of 2010 World Expo, is seen in this photo taken on April 30, 2009. The one year countdown to the opening of the 2010 World Expo will be marked on May 1, 2009. (Xinhua Photo) |
With 365 days to go and more than 1 million tickets already sold in China, it's time to think about what the 2010 world fair will have to offer.
What can visitors expect for their 160 yuan? The organizers have the answers: pavilions, foreign cultures, exhibitions, performances as well as cuisine and shopping.
Visitors will be dazzled by more than 200 innovative pavilions. For example, the United Kingdom Pavilion will be a huge "light box" with 60,000 spines projecting out into the air. The Poland Pavilion will be designed like a paper cutting. The Spain Pavilion will look as if it was woven out of reeds. The newly unveiled India Pavilion will replicate a 2,000-year-old Buddhist stupa.
While strolling around the world, visitors can also experience the atmosphere of the exotic. Couples may like to take in a French wedding in the France Pavilion. The Republic of Korea will let visitors to walk through Seoul's streets. Visitors to the Norway Pavilion will have the chance to stroll through Scandinavian fjords and forests.
