The Shanghai Expo will generate more than 80 billion yuan ($11.9 billion) in tourism revenues for Shanghai and neighboring Yangtze River cities, the China Tourism Academy (CTA) estimated on October 26.

Expo-related tourism should lead to a 20-percent increase year on year in aviation, foreign trade, retail sectors, and accommodation and catering in Shanghai and neighboring cities, said a CTA official.

The Shanghai Expo had met the goal of receiving 70 million visitors, including 3.5 million from overseas, Shao Qiwei, head of China's National Tourism Administration, said.

The total attendance at the 184-day fair in Shanghai broke the record held by 1970 Osaka World Expo in Japan, which attracted 64 million visitors, data from the Expo Bureau showed.