Ticket sales top 1 million at Pyeongchang Games
18/2/2018 14:12
Ticket sales for the Pyeongchang Olympics have exceeded 1 million. Local organizing committee spokesman Sung Baik-you says the 1 million mark exceeds expectations — 692,443 people attended games venues from Feb. 9 to Feb. 17, and there's still about a week remaining. Sung says, "Our target was 1,068,000, so we don't have many tickets remaining." Attendance peaked Saturday, with 146,506 people attending on a holiday for the Lunar New Year. There were long delays in traffic around Pyeongchang on a holiday that usually is the busiest on Korean roads every year, but games organizers weren't disappointed. Sung acknowledges traffic jams and bus operation interruptions but says, "Nonetheless, I think we can say we were successful in attracting spectators, so it was a positive thing."
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