Record ticket sales for Milan Expo 2015 Italy pavilion

Fair on course for success despite scandals, minister says

(ANSA) Rome, Aug.7 - Italy already has sold a record 2.5 million tickets for its pavilion at Milan Expo 2015 and demand remains high for pre-sales, Minister for agricultural food and forest policies Maurizio Martina said Thursday. "We have the absolute record of any pavilion" Martina told Skytg24 television, "not even Shanghai has had those numbers". "Italy has sold 2.5 million tickets, a record, and demand in pre-sales shows no falling-off," he said.

The sales are a sign that Expo will be a success despite the graft scandals that have blighted the extravaganza, she added. "We had some difficult periods on the legality front but we faced up to them in an adequate manner," she continued. "We will get there on Expo,we are working very hard on it," Martina concluded, "we will do it".