KATHMANDU, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Nepal has erected the biggest pavilion in its history perspiring with efforts so that it can grab boundless opportunities during the 184 days, an official for Nepal's national participation at Shanghai Expo told Friday's The Himalayan Times daily.
"Normally, rooms inside Nepali houses get full when 30 people get in. Compared to the visitors visiting Nepali Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010, rooms inside have become smaller though they are extra ordinarily bigger in size than they are in Nepal," said Binayak Shah, who is the project director of Implementing Group, an official organizer for Nepal's national participation at Shanghai Expo.
"Nepali Pavilion is erected in Nepali traditional style as per which heights of the houses little short. Though we have made houses and whole pavilion bigger, but it seems smaller when thousands of people enter inside," said Shah.
According to him, everyday 40,000 visitors flock to Nepal Pavilion. The pavilion established within the 3,600-sq-km space becomes congested. It is hoarded by visitors more than expected, they realized.
Since unpredictable numbers of visitors are visiting Nepal Pavilion, organizers have also tripled the number of staff. "In the beginning we thought only 15 of us Nepali can handle the whole pavilion. But right now we are more than 100 including 20 Nepali and 57 Chinese staffs and rest of others are Chinese volunteers to guide the Pavilion," he said, adding that managing such a huge volume of queue is one of the biggest challenges.
According to him, the organizers are planning to increase staff and volunteers for two weeks to manage the soaring volume of visitors for during Nepali Pavilion's National Day on Sept. 3.
We are expecting a high level visit from Nepal on Nepal Day, Shah said. According to the earlier plan, president Ram Baran Yadav was supposed to visit the expo on Nepal Day.
The Nepali Pavilion reflects the capital Kathmandu which is architectural, artistic and cultural center that has developed over 2,000 years.
"To reflect the impact of urbanization over art and culture, Nepal has established 'Mini Nepal' with the theme 'Tales of Kathmandu'. We expect at least seven million visitors which is 10 percent of total visitors to visit Nepali Pavilion during the six months," said Shah.
Shanghai Expo 2010 is the world's largest exposition featuring 189 international pavilions and 50 pavilions from multinational agencies.
