Johannesburg  - The South African Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the 2010 World Cup said Tuesday that they were happy with arrangements for both the World Cup and next year's Confederations Cup.

Addressing a media briefing during a LOC board meeting the LOC CEO Danny Jordaan said that they were happy with the way things are going.

"Since ticket sales started for the Confederations Cup on the weekend, we have already had 30,000 hits on the website. It is too early to say how the sales are going at other outlets, but we are hoping the stadiums will be full."

Jordaan said that the Board had approved a budget of 4.018 billion Rand (386.5 million dollars) for the two tournaments.

"We have just received 200 million (dollars) from FIFA. With the exchange rate for the Rand having changed so much, we have received much more money than we would have if it had been transferred last year," he said.

The general secretary of football's controlling body Jerome Valcke said that they had already sold 115 million dollars worth of hospitality packages.

"That is more than had been sold for Germany at the same time."

The Frenchman also confirmed that the South African government would enable several more airlines to fly into South Africa during the World Cup.

"The increase in slots at the three airports, which are considered the international hubs, will be more or less 100 per cent."

Valcke said that he was also confident that the stadiums would be ready. "If I say the stadiums will be ready i mean they will be ready on the day the match kicks off.

"I know we are on track. There is nothing that could endanger the Confederations Cup or the World Cup."

Valcke said that he was also sure that they had taken the right decision when they took Port Elizabeth out of the programme for the Confederations Cup.

"That stadium would not have been ready, so we took it out of the programme, but they too will be ready for the World Cup."

Valcke said that the security question had been addressed by the government, which had presented a security plan to the board. "This security plan of the government is answering all our questions."

Addressing the briefing, which included a group of international journalists who had come to South Africa on a fact-finding mission, Jordaan said that he hoped they would return to their countries confident.

"I hope you will leave South Africa in a better mind, knowing that we can safeguard your security," he said. (dpa)