Overseas Sales

The overseas public, including overseas Chinese, will be able to order tickets from their respective National Olympic Committees and their designated agents. Residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region should purchase tickets through the designated agent of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong China. Residents in Macau Special Administrative Region should purchase tickets through the Macau Sport Development Board. Residents in Taiwan should purchase tickets from the designated agent of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee.

Ticket Availability

During the press conference, BOCOG officials underscored their commitment to providing a wide cross-section of society the chance to enjoy the Games and gave their assurances that they will maintain a fair and transparent sales program.

In all Olympic Games, the number of Opening and Closing Ceremonies tickets on-sale to the general public is restricted by the seats needed to be provided to a number of constituent groups involved in organizing the Olympic Games, including the media and official delegations, and by those seats taken up by equipment to produce the ceremonies.

For Beijing 2008, 40 percent of the estimated 60,000 Opening Ceremony tickets on sale to the general public, or about 26,000 tickets, will be available to residents of Chinese mainland. This represents a seven percent increase over the 33 percent of Opening Ceremony tickets available to European Union residents during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

To offer the largest number of people the opportunity to watch the Olympic Games, BOCOG will limit the number of tickets each individual may purchase. Each person may only purchase one ticket for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Individuals are limited to two tickets for high demand competition sessions. Individuals will be limited to three-to-five tickets for other competition sessions according to demand for those sessions.

Tickets for Opening and Closing Ceremonies are not transferable indiscriminately. Those who wish to transfer tickets for Opening and Closing Ceremonies will need to follow BOCOG's ticket transfer policy, which is currently under development.

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