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Expo Travel: Zaragoza 2008 Opens This Weekend

June 12, 2008 at 9:15 AM | 0 Comments

Spain's oldest town, Zaragoza, has been on the lookout for a tourism boost. And they're hoping to get it with the 2008 Expo which starts on Saturday and runs until September 14.

While the "water and sustainable development" theme doesn't sound too sexy to us, the 60 acres of exhibitions from 100 countries are meant to be focused on entertainment and education--only 20 percent of the space is allowed to be about selling stuff--and we're open to a bit of edu-tainment.

If you're one of the estimated 7 million visitors to Expo 2008, you'll get to see stuff like the multimedia iceberg show every night, the "air bound theater" of Hombre Vertiente and the midday Awakening of the Serpent parade. It's kinda like Disneyland with an environmental conscience.

Related Stories:
· Expo Zaragoza 2008 [Official Site]
· World Expo Zaragoza 2008 [GoNomad]
· Spain Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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