Milan Expo 2015: Food-themed world's fair closes on Saturday
Milan Expo closes after six months
Six months, the food-themed Milan Expo 2015 world’s fair is wrapping up on Saturday. The event, which opened on May 1 under the banner ‘Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life’, has attracted a record 21 million visitors, well above the 20-million goal originally set by organizers.
 
 The number included six to seven million foreigners, approximately one-third of the total, who travelled to Italy’s financial capital for the Universal Exposition, which focused on fighting world hunger, promoting food security and sustainable agriculture while celebrating worldwide culinary cultures. Visitors have been steadily growing since the summer and the total number of entrances in August alone was three million.
 
Meanwhile September and October registered new peaks with 259,093 visitors on September 26 and a landmark 272,785 on October 10, the highest one-day total since Expo opened.

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