Estimated 35,000 visit Czech pavilion at Expo 2010 on opening day

Around 35,000 people visited the Czech Republic’s pavilion at the Expo 2010 fair in Shanghai on Saturday, the first day it has been officially open. The man in charge of the Czech pavilion, Pavel Antonín Stehlík, said attendance had exceeded all expectations. More than 7,000 visitors entered in the first hour alone and Mr Stehlík said it was so crowded that organisers had to slow admissions for a period.