Fans rush to buy South Africa World Cup tickets

(14 July 2009)

Football fans have already snapped up 60,000 tickets for next year's World Cup in South Africa.

The current ticket sales phase runs until 16 November, with another three phases to follow: 5 December 2009 - 22 January 2010; 9 February - 7 April 2010; 15 April - 11 July 2010.

South Africa tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said: "There has been unprecedented and encouraging demand for 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets - 60,000 tickets have already been sold to date and we anticipate somewhere in the region of 450,000 visitors to our continent from around the world."

To buy your World Cup 2010 tickets, visit www.fifa.com.

Read our special South Africa World Cup 2010.

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