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Thursday, June 10, 2010

FIFA WORLD CUP 2010



To all the football fans all over the world, brace yourselves! It is just seven days before the premiere of the international football tournament. The Fifa World Cup 2010 kicks off in South Africa. The tournament will start on June 11 and will be ending on July 11.

Pretty sure that in the coming days are going to be real busy for those people who are a part of one of this years much awaited sports event. The tickets for the said tournament are now almost sold out already even though the tournament has yet to start. South Africa Series Tickets Almost Sold Out, as over 97% of the tickers for the 2010 world cup.

A lot of teams who are participating in the tournament are reported to have arrived in South Africa already like USA, Korea DPR, England, Paraguay, Mexico, Chile, France, Korea Republic, Uruguay, Japan, The Netherlands, Portugal, New Zealand, Greece and Algeria. Reports say that they will be having their final warp up practices.

In the run up to the World Cup in South Africa, the country went through several changes and up gradation work in their transport facilities to bear the load of the many hundreds and thousands of tourists’ that will be coming in for the 30 day celebration of football. And now that the World Cup is only a few days away, here’s an analysis of what fans can expect as they approach the landing strips of South Africa.

At the Wonderboom airport in Tshwane/Pretoria, South African Minister of Transport, Sibusiso Ndebele reflected on the importance of transport during the tournament. Although not normally used as a commercial airport, Wonderboom will provide a service to fans in Tshwane during the World Cup. Some of the improvements include refurbished arrival and departure lounges as well as work on the parking facilities. Wonderboom is not the only airport that underwent improvements. All of South Africa's major airports having been upgraded in the last one year in anticipation of the largest number of people ever to step into South Africa.

OR Tambo International Airport serves as the main International airport in South Africa. Commonly known as the Tambo International Airport, it works like a transport hub for the country with around 16 million passengers (and growing) passing through the Johannesburg airport on a yearly basis. The addition of the second multi-story parking bay will go a long way in accommodating the increase in passengers. The introduction of bay detection technology has also vastly improved the ease with which passengers can find parking, with green or red lights indicating whether a bay is open or not. The new central terminal buildings completion cost the South African government with a bill of Rand 2.2 billion.

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