Shanghai hosted the 2010 Expo World’s Fair and the event attracted over 73 million people
between May and October that year. The Shanghai Expo was held on the largest ever World’s
Fair site (5.28 square km). On 16 October 2010, the Expo set a record in the history of the
event with over 1.03 million visitors on a single day.
Explain the positive economic impacts associated with each of the following:
• preparations for the event
• the large number of international visitors attracted