1、The World Expo is a celebration culture and technology from across the world. This year its being held in Yeosu, South Korean. China has a pavilion, which has been pulling in the crowds. But the number of visitors to the whole event has been less than expected. Dominic Swire has the story.Philippine
2、 drummers entertain crowds at the 2012 World Expo.The events a showcase of culture and technology from around the world.This year Its being held in the South Korean city of Yeosu.Many countries have their own pavilions hereAnd one of the biggest.hello welcome to the china pavilion.belongs to China.n
3、ow were in the first section of the china pavilionZhai Fan is from Shandong.She works at the Chinese pavilion as a volunteer, introducing the exhibition to visitors.We work for several hours a day and our work mainly includes introducing the exhibitions of our pavilion to guests and touristsIts an h
4、onour to work here at such an important event to show the culture, history and traditions of China to the whole world.now we come to the Dolphin Dynamic Theatre. Here well have a movie about a Chinese girl and a Chinese white dolphin.The main theme of the Yeosu expo is how cities can successfully ex
5、ist by the oceanIts a question relevant to China, which has about 15,000 kilometers of coastlineMy name is Zhao Zhenge. Im the commissioner of the China Pavilion at the World Exposition, 2012.China is a country with a long coastal line and its also a large ocean country. Over 40 percent of the popul
6、ation live in coastal areas and the economic development is quite developed in comparison with the hinterland or the western part of China. Actually, the GDP produced in the coastal areas can account for over 60 percent of the total GDP in China.The Chinese pavilion is one of the most popular at the
7、 Expo and pulls in around 4,000 visitors per dayMost of them are from KoreaI recently visited Shanghai. Im really interested in China and Chinese culture and want to know more about the country, so I came here. And I think the pavilions beautiful.While the Chinese pavilion is attracting crowds, the
8、overall number of people visiting the Expo has been below expectationsIm standing outside the main entrance of the yeosu expo and although theres one or two people milling around, the average numbers here are much lower than those expected by the organisers.The initial plan was to attract ten millio
9、n visitors during the three month eventHowever, one month after opening, few more than a million had arrived.If that trend continues, its expected the total number of visitors would be 5 million.Half the original target. And little reason for applause. Some say the lack of people is due to the locat
10、ion.Yeosu is a small coastal city with a population of a few hundred thousand.Its located on the southern tip of South Korea, about as far as you can get from the capital Seoulwhich some Expo visitors say is the problemMy name is Sonya, I come from Korea. Yeosu is very far from the capital city Seou
11、l. Thats the biggest problem at Expo. The tickets too expensive.And there are other smaller problems, tooYu Xuan is a Chinese volunteer at Expo. She speaks Korean and English and helps at various locations around the site including the information desk at the train stationA very serious problem is t
12、hey dont have lockers in the stations, so many people who want to come inside, they have to carry their very heavy bags and its very uncomfortable for their trip, and there are not so many restaurants around the station.The organisers are trying to address the issue - one tactic has been to invite a
13、 number of popular Korean musicians to performWhich seems to have had some success despite the weather.but the visitors that did make the trip seem to have enjoyed themselvesdespite the occasional rainy dayMy name is Ri San Ri and I come from Korea, Seoul.- its raining today. is that a big problem?No, its not a big problem because my heart is beating!The challenge of increasing visitor numbers is likely to have the organisers hearts beating, too.For CRI in Yeosu, South Korea, Im Dominic SwireIf you want to see the video version of that report, log on to and click on video
