Dubai will open its gate on 1st October 2021 to host the world for Expo 2020. It is the first of its kind event in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia region. EXPO 2020 Dubai, UAE, was delayed due to the COVID pandemic.
Dubai is ready to host Expo 2020. Only a few days to go, and UAE is excited to host the world. The World Expo always helped in promoting globalization.
Dubai will welcome representatives from 191 countries to a 4.38 sq. km (around 613 football pitches) site next to Al Maktoum International airport, Dubai South. It is expected to attract 25 million visitors during its six months’ celebration, with 70% of those visitors attending will be from outside of the Emirates. Expo 2020 will have a lasting economic legacy for UAE and the Middle East; it will significantly boost Dubai’s Economy. The EXPO is expected to boost Dubai’s economy by $33 billion and will create 300,000 jobs.
Dubai is an architectural playground and famous for being the tallest building globally and its beautiful sandy beaches. It has transformed itself into a thriving financial and tourism hub. UAE’s most ambitious project to date, World Expo 2020. It will diversify UAE’S economy away from oil.
Since 1851, Expos have helped humanity make sense of change and plan a more progressive future. Expos bring people and Nations from various fields under one roof of Cooperation, research and innovation, and Education.
Expo is the mirror of its time since started have always reflected worldviews and priorities and requirements. Historically, Expos have transferred cities and nations, introduced innovation to the world, and provided an unforgettable experience.
The first World Expo took place in 1851 in London; the event venue was in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park. A magnificent cast iron and glass structure. Sir Joseph Paxton was the structure designer, and Expo was headed by Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria.
The goal of the Exhibition was to exhibit and showcase modern manufacturing and innovation, and technologies. The telegraph was unveiled at the first Expo. The event was attended by Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, and Charlotte Bronte, along with Six million people.
Subsequent Expos Launched inventions like as Ferris wheel (Chicago World’s Fair, 1893), electricity (St Louis, 1904), The television (New York, 1939), and the Mobile phone (Osaka, 1970).
Dubai Expo2020 is a major global challenge of our time. Dubai will host Expo2020 in 2021 with all the COVID safety rules required by WHO to allow the event to take place in a safe environment. More than 62% of the UAE population is vaccinated. Most of its population is vaccinated. UAE aims to return to complete normalcy. This would also help in putting it as a safe tourist destination. UAE will be able to attract many more tourists and visitors.
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and the Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has promised that Expo 2020 will ‘astonish the world.’ The Exhibition will celebrate innovation and ingenuity in keeping with the central theme of “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future, alongside sub-themes of Opportunity, Mobility and sustainability-our time.”