Live Green, Live Better: Beijing expo attracts over 100,000 tourists everyday

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Welcome to CGTN's special coverage of the Beijing International Horticultural Expo here in Yanqing. Stay with us as we bring you the latest from this 503-hectare park. Now, the Labor Day holiday fever is still in the air with over a hundred thousand visitors entering the park everyday. The influx is putting the park's reception capacity to the test. Our correspondent Tang Bo has more.

Today is the last day of the four-day Labor day holidays, and the 6th day since the Beijing Expo was opened to the pubic. It's seeing more visitors than ever before. So far, over 250,000 people have visited the expo park and they keep piling in. The number of visitors yesterday is over 3 times larger than that of the first day. That has a lot to do with the Labor Day vacation.

To cope with such an influx of visitors, two trail openings were conducted by the expo organizer to test the reception capacity of the park. Some tourist facilities have therefore been improved. Take these ticket gates for example, they are able to check 5,000 people in 10 minutes.

680 volunteers have offered services over the past 5 days. There will be in total 20,000 volunteers working for the expo lasting for over 5 months, each one of them will work at least 7 days.

Nearly 50 activities aimed at showcasing Beijing's achievements in ecological progress will be held during the labor day holiday. That includes a culture and art carnival staged by central and eastern European countries, where over 100 performers will put on folk dancing and pop music shows for tourists. TANG BO, CGTN, BEIJING.