Beijing held a trial opening of the 2019 International Horticultural Expo site on Saturday to test its reception capacity, China News reported.

 

上周六，北京2019国际园艺博览会进行试运营，以测试其接待能力。

 

About 60,000 visitors including Beijing local residents, participants, organizers, sponsors, and volunteers of the expo toured the 503-hectare site at the foot of the Great Wall, in Yanqing District of Beijing.

 

Some visitors had to use different transportation modes such as buses and cars, or walk to the venue¹ for officials to monitor traffic conditions on the route leading to the site and the parking capacity around it.

 

A total of 1528 staff were on duty to provide operation management, reception, and tourist and security services.

 

All 78 entrances to the exhibition were opened with 330 ticket takers on duty.

 

The site opened to the visitors from 8:00-21:00 during the trial run with admissions starting from 8:00 to 18:30.

 

It is the second trial run conducted after the first was held on April 13 when around 30,000 people toured the site.

 

Compared with the first trail run, Saturday's test opening had more activities, which included parades and art performance. A test for night-time tours was also conducted for the first time.

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