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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Rio Olympics organizing committee announced on Thursday that it has sold 1.045 billion reais (323 million U.S. dollars) worth of tickets and met its target for sales.
Ticket prices for the sporting events range from 40 reais (12 U.S. dollars) to 1,200 reais (372 U.S. dollars), while tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies cost from 200 reais to 4,600 reais.
Since March 2015, a total of 6.1 million tickets have been made available for sale. So far, 4.9 million tickets (or 80 per cent) have been sold, with 1.2 million still available to the public.
Brazilians have bought 75 percent of the tickets so far, with foreign purchasers buying the remaining 25 percent.
Since non-residents of Brazil have been able to purchase directly from the Rio 2016 ticket portal, on 1 June, there has been a surge in overseas sales, particularly to fans in Argentina and Chile.
In all, the top-10 overseas markets for Rio 2016 tickets have been the United States, France, Argentina, Germany, Japan, Australia, Britain, the Netherlands, Canada and Chile.
As well as buying from ticket portal, fans can buy from the Rio 2016 ticket offices.
