Gov't considers same-day tickets for Osaka Expo amid slow pre-sales

Buy a ticket on the day?

What a novel idea?

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Buy a ticket on the day?

What a novel idea?

It is in Japan, so making things simpler just a really novel idea.

Even that happened after many participating countries complain that Japan's proposed ticket scheme is complex, it just doesn't contribute to more visitor.

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/e018661a86dd-osaka-expo-participating-countries-question-ticket-booking-system.html

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Why proposing complex ticketing in the first place? Because this is Japan.

Expensive, tickets are expensive.

Besides, what's so interesting about the expo to pay the admission fee? I went to 2004 Aichi expo, and there was nothing really remarkable about it, just pavilions with countries self promotion. I expect this to be quite the same.

government will consider introducing same-day tickets for the World Exposition in Osaka from April, despite an earlier decision not to do so to avoid long queues at the venue.

There are ways to mitigate. make tickets available in other places, online already available, packaged it with the train tickets etc

I have a feeling what the big fuss is about an expo and why one would want to visit. I certainly am unsure what the attraction is except for the cost it would take to actually. So honest question…..what do you do at an expo if you go?

“"We will make the World Exposition an opportunity for Japan to achieve robust growth," Ishiba said at the meeting, also attended by Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama and Masayoshi Matsumoto, chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation.”

How is that associated with robust growth?…..

Work on the Expo continues behind schedule, while at the same time, work on the Integrated Resort (Casino) has already started on the land next to the Expo.

Could they not have waited until the Expo was finished, and used the Casino labour and resources for that?

Do they really expect "long queues" for this white elephant project? When the time comes, they will probably start giving away tickets just to bring people in! Their expectations were out of this world! This is not 1970-2005 anymore. It's the digital age.

As I have experience of previous expos which were extremely enjoyable, I can say that the attractions for me were the different cuisines of various countries.

There’s nothing quite like trying Hungarian goulash, Italian wine and Belgian chocolate all in one day.

Expensive, tickets are expensive.

Besides, what's so interesting about the expo to pay the admission fee? I went to 2004 Aichi expo, and there was nothing really remarkable about it, just pavilions with countries self promotion. I expect this to be quite the same.

I was at that same expo, too. I think the admission was like 8,000 at the time. I really wanted to go just for the experience in itself. I remembered that the China and South Korea exhibits were packed. However, I didn't need that. I ended up going to the lesser known and difficult to travel to countries, such as Cuba, Lybia, and a couple of others. The experience worked out for me in the end. They were great. I ended up having a mojito from the Cuba exhibit, made by a Cuban, using mostly Cuban products. It was great. I also got a great cultural lesson at the Lybian exhibit. Other than that, I went to the Australian exhibit. I had a great time.

Comments about making things complicated in Japan remind me of the story of, when she was shown a then state-of-the- art Japanese VCR recorder, the late Queen Elizabeth II remarking ‘ Goodness, there are an awful lot of buttons, aren’t there?’

maybe try a reverse of the mechanism used by airlines. Airlines increase ticket prices as the enquiries go up. Decrease on-the day gate prices as online bookings recede? I have attended two, in asia. The crowds surprised me, but the offers of food food food taught me a lot recompensed...maybe?

Lowwwwwwer the prices.

> Advance ticket sales, which started on Nov 30, 2023, stood at around 7.67 million as of Jan 29, short of the target of 14 million. 

Why? Would 14 MIL be the break-even point? This should be a lot of fun to watch if it is.

Jetstar fly Australian tourists into Kansai from three Australian cities every week. I was in Australia recently for a month and there was zero promotion or knowledge of there being an Expo here in Spring.

Won’t be going unless I can blag a few free or very cheap tickets which may be possible seeing the lack of interest in this project.