A working staff is demonstrating how to distinguish true World Expo tickets on June 29, 2009, in Shanghai. [Xinhua]

From tomorrow World Expo 2010 ticket sales would begin globally to individual buyers, the Expo organizer said.

Three million tickets to the Expo have been sold since group sales began on March 27, Chen Xianjin, deputy director general of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, told a press conference on Monday.

The public will be able to buy tickets from tomorrow at more than 2,800 outlets of China's four major ticket agents - China Mobile, China Telecom, China Post and the Bank of Communications - across the country. The agents have opened hotlines, Websites and outlets around the world.

A standard single-day ticket costs 140 yuan (US$20.53), and a peak-day ticket costs 180 yuan until September 31, the end of the second sales phase.

People outside the mainland can buy tickets from 9 agencies around the world, including United States-based Ticketmaster and Peregrine Travel Group, and Tianbao Travel Ltd in Canada.

The peak-day tickets will cover access to the Expo site during the May Day (May 1-3) and National Day (October 1-7) holidays in 2010 as well as the last week of Expo (October 25 to 31). The organizer expects these 17 days to attract the most visitors.