Osaka Expo Projected to Log Profit of Up to 37 B. Yen
Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition said Wednesday (December 24) that event held in the western Japan city of Osaka is estimated to generate a profit of 32 billion yen to 37 billion yen.
- The projected profit of up to 37 billion yen was driven mainly by strong sales of admission tickets and official mascot merchandise.
- This latest estimate is a 9 billion yen increase from a previous projection of 23-28 billion yen.
- The upward revision is attributed to the inclusion of newly reflected revenue from tickets sold for educational trips.
- In total, approximately 22.25 million admission tickets were sold for the event.
The strong profit was driven mainly by robust sales of admission tickets and items related to the Expo's official mascot, Myaku-Myaku.
In October, the organisation projected a profit of 23 billion yen to 28 billion yen.
The profit projection rose by 9 billion yen in the latest estimate, after revenues from tickets for some educational trips were newly reflected.
About 22.25 million admission tickets were sold.
The association said that some 1.95 million tickets were not used, as the organisation limited entry to the event due to an increase in visitors just before the exposition closed on October 13.
[Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
