For over 160 years World Expos stressing upon education, innovation and cooperation and tried to help humanity regarding change and navigation through hard times. October 20, 2020 is a special date everyone in the UAE looking forward to. The biggest event ever in the history of the Arab world would host 190 countries and millions of visitors. Hosting such a huge event would be an aggressive step in the UAE’s development and vision. It will be an opportunity for everyone to experience the best of art, culture, science, technology, innovation and invention. Let us review the bold aspects of this event together.
Dubai is the “City of Gold”, one of the most iconic cities in the world, and the second-largest of the seven Emirates with over 2.1 million populations. It’s fair to claim that Dubai is the world’s fastest-growing city. The city’s forward-thinking and its ability to dream not only big, but impossible has paved the way for receiving an uncountable number of leisure and business visitors each year from all over the world.
What is Dubai Expo 2020?
This event is a World Expo which is quite exceptional in terms of the number of visitors, scale and duration. This 6-months event (yes, it’s that long!) aims to increase awareness about the challenges faced by humanity on a global scale, and of course, it’s a precious opportunity for people to gather for networking, knowledge sharing and discovering new horizons. It’s been estimated that 25 million visitors from all over the globe are going to attend this mega event.
The Importance of Expo 2020
Expo 2020 Dubai will be a celebration of the UAE Vision 2021. Apart from boosting tourism, it will promote the UAE as an ultimate location for investors and business owners. “I had the benefit of growing up in Vancouver that hosted the 1986 Expo, and once people saw the city, they kept coming back for business and buying property. “Said Robert Booth, managing director of Ellington Properties In an interview with Property Weekly. On the other side, as mentioned above, Expo 2020 is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for those who seek to showcase their thoughts, ideas, and innovations to potential sponsors and widen their professional network.
“The event is one of the largest global gatherings that bring together the world’s greatest minds to discuss how we can shape the future. The youth should play a key part in this mega event and get opportunities to observe, learn and contribute creative ideas so that they can develop innovative solutions for creating a better future for our region and the world.” Said His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, visited the site in December 2019 and made the mentioned statement.
The Expo ‘s theme goes as “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”. It will also have three subthemes: opportunity, mobility and sustainability, each with its own pavilion.
Where is it being held?
The Expo 2020 site spans 4.38 square kilometers and is located in the area known as Dubai South district, close to Al Maktoum International Airport with a close proximity to Dubai International Airport, And also Abu Dhabi International Airport. It is approximately a 40 minutes’ drive from Dubai Downtown. Apart from easily accessible taxis, Expo 2020 will have its own dedicated Metro Station on the route 2020 line to make sure all the visitors experience convenient transfer to this huge event.
A Brief History of World Expo
The first World Expo was held in 1851 at London’s Crystal Palace and was known as The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations. The most recent expo, which started in 2015, was held in Milan, Italy, with the theme of “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”. The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) general assembly in Paris awarded Dubai as the host of Expo 2020 on November 27, 2013.
below are the previous Expos which took place over the past 169 years:
• Expo 1851, 1862, – London
• Expo 1855, 1867, 1878, 1889, 1900, 1937 – Paris
• Expo 1873 – Vienne
• Expo 1876 – Philadelphia
• Expo 1880 – Melbourne
• Expo 1888, 1929 – Barcelona
• Expo 1893, 1933 – Chicago
• Expo 1897, 1910, 1935, 1958 – Brussels
• Expo 1904 – St. Louis
• Expo 1905 – Liege
• Expo 1906 – Milan
• Expo 1913 – Ghent
• Expo 1915 – San Francisco
• Expo 1939 – New York
• Expo 1949 – Port-Au-Prince
• Expo 1962 – Seattle
• Expo 1967 – Montreal
• Expo 1970 – Osaka
• Expo 1992 – Seville
• Expo 2000 – Hannover
• Expo 2005 – Aichi
• Expo 2010 – Shanghai
• Expo 2015 – Milan
• Expo 2020 – Dubai
The next Expo after Dubai Expo 2020 will be held in Osaka, Japan in 2025.
