Johannesburg - Soccer World Cup organiser Danny Jordaan says the tournament could set a 16-year high for paid attendance at games.
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The chief executive of the local organising committee says there is a "big possibility" that the tournament will surpass three million paying fans for the first time since 1994 in the United States.
Jordaan says "the signs are there. The South African fans have been superb," adding 2.69 million people had already paid to watch games.
Jordaan also says South Africa had attracted 364 000 tourists for the first two weeks of the World Cup.
Organisers expected between 450 000 and 500 000 visitors for the tournament before the global economic crisis led them to revise that figure to less than 300 000.
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