A total of 552,100 visitors packed the Expo site as of 8:00pm yesterday, breaking the record of 552,000 visitors on June 15. The total visitors’ number since the Expo 2010 opening day jumped to 19.3 million. And the figure is expected to top 20 million by tomorrow.

Of the visitors yesterday, about 165,300 were on tour groups, and around 147,000 visitors used free tickets Shanghai government distributed to local residents.

A total of 47,622 tickets were sold on site by 8:30pm, with 18,563 night admissions.

It was expected that up to 156,400 group visitors will visit the Expo site today.

Yesterday, Houtan Gate received about 94,000 visitors, Shangnan Road 92,000, and Changqing Road, Gaoke Road W. more than 158,000 in total.

Expo organizers said that the morning peak at Expo site gate lasts from 9am to 11am and individual visitors were advised to take gates such as Shangnan Road Gate, Madang Road Gate and Bansongyuan Road Gate, which may take less time for waiting.

By 5pm, 71 shows were staged, attracting 107,200 spectators. A total of 8,158 volunteers served on the site.

Public transport inside Expo site transported 825,000 people by 6pm.

Five medical service stations inside the Expo site received 426 visits by 4pm yesterday.

Bracing for the heat wave in coming months, Expo organizers have doubled the supply of soft drinks especially mineral water.