Held for the first time in a developing country, the Expo will give new impetus to the development of China and will simultaneously be a good opportunity for participants to share their experiences in the economic, social and cultural. In this axis, the Chinese government is sparing no effort in the preparations for Expo 2010 in Shanghai and a countdown clock has already been inaugurated by the President of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress, Wu Bangguo, on Tiananmen Square in Beijing for the exhibition which will open in May 2010.
The main role of the Expo for over 150 years is to stimulate economic development and technological world, but it is also an event that helps promote the development of civilizations and cultures.
In 2002 the city of Shanghai has been designated to host the 2010 World Expo. This great event which runs from May 1st to October 31, 2010 is an excellent opportunity for China because it will stimulate the economy at a time when the global financial crisis tends to increase. In addition, six months of exposure will boost the Chinese economy through investment opportunities and jobs it will bring, but also stimulate consumption in areas such as trade or tourism. Local authorities expect to host about 70 million visitors, which is a tourism bonanza for the country as they should yield more than 300 billion yuan in tourism revenue for the city of Shanghai. Tourism has also become an important sector of economic growth of Shanghai with a total tourism revenue of 206 billion yuan last year.
To accommodate these 70 million visitors expected, the Tourism Bureau of Shanghai said that there will be at their disposal in Shanghai in 2010 and 4000 hostels open 500 star-rated hotels that will offer a capacity estimated at 500,000 beds . Moreover, families were encouraged to shanghaiennes house the visitors to the expo in 2010 and tourism offices have the opportunity to work with the committees of residential areas and town governments to provide at home among other major exhibitions, according to new regulations on the matter. The neighboring provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang should also provide 150,000 additional beds as part of the exhibition.
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