Tickets to Shanghai hard to get

SHANGHAI - Train and airline tickets to Shanghai are in short supply as visitors throughout China flock to the city for Expo 2010 Shanghai.

The six-month Expo has kept travel agencies and train ticket scalpers busy, and airfares are about 20 to 30 percent higher compared to this time last year.

"Hard-to-get train tickets include return tickets from Hankou, Wuchang, Luoyang and Taiyuan to Shanghai," said Zhu Weibiao from the Shanghai Travel Agency.