Dubai: The first world fair to be held in the Middle East, exhibition 2020 Dubai, opened Thursday with a grand ceremony of fireworks, music and messages about the power of global collaboration for a more sustainable future.
Leading stars at the opening ceremony, which was performed in public places around the United Arab Emirates, included Italian tenor singer Andrea Bocelli, British singer. Ellie GouldingMILF Chinese pianist lang lang and Saudi singer mohammed abdul.
Dubai, the region’s tourism, trade and trade hub, hopes to boost its economy by attracting 25 million business and tourist visits to the World’s Fair, which covers 4.3 square km (1.7 sq mi) of desert from scratch. has been made.
Many countries and companies are also looking to the expo – the first major global event open to visitors since the coronavirus pandemic – to boost trade and investment.
The full expo site will open its doors to exhibitors from nearly 200 countries on Friday after a year-long delay by the pandemic. Selected eight years earlier to follow the 2015 Expo in Milan, Italy, the event cost approximately $6.8 billion.
Dubai says it wants the expo, an exhibition of culture, technology and architecture under the “Connecting Minds and Creating the Future” banner, to be a showcase of ingenuity, and to be a place where climate change, conflict and economic growth like global challenges. be addressed together.
The event will likely clash with a global reluctance to travel and many events will be live streamed online. But the expo still expects to attract more than twice the visits officially received from Milan and the population of the United Arab Emirates.
“We are very confident … being responsible for how we handle the situation with COVIV, but also in how we continue to deliver an exciting program for visitors, we hope to Untie the needle and stay at it. Time conservatives and keep public safety first and foremost.” reem al hashimiDirector General of Expo 2020 Dubai told Reuters.
The Gulf state has eased most coronavirus restrictions, but requires the wearing of face masks at the expo and vaccinated for visitors over the age of 18, or who test negative for COVID-19.
Before the pandemic, consultancy EY estimated that the expo would contribute 1.5% to the UAE’s GDP during its six months.
Leading stars at the opening ceremony, which was performed in public places around the United Arab Emirates, included Italian tenor singer Andrea Bocelli, British singer. Ellie GouldingMILF Chinese pianist lang lang and Saudi singer mohammed abdul.
Dubai, the region’s tourism, trade and trade hub, hopes to boost its economy by attracting 25 million business and tourist visits to the World’s Fair, which covers 4.3 square km (1.7 sq mi) of desert from scratch. has been made.
Many countries and companies are also looking to the expo – the first major global event open to visitors since the coronavirus pandemic – to boost trade and investment.
The full expo site will open its doors to exhibitors from nearly 200 countries on Friday after a year-long delay by the pandemic. Selected eight years earlier to follow the 2015 Expo in Milan, Italy, the event cost approximately $6.8 billion.
Dubai says it wants the expo, an exhibition of culture, technology and architecture under the “Connecting Minds and Creating the Future” banner, to be a showcase of ingenuity, and to be a place where climate change, conflict and economic growth like global challenges. be addressed together.
The event will likely clash with a global reluctance to travel and many events will be live streamed online. But the expo still expects to attract more than twice the visits officially received from Milan and the population of the United Arab Emirates.
“We are very confident … being responsible for how we handle the situation with COVIV, but also in how we continue to deliver an exciting program for visitors, we hope to Untie the needle and stay at it. Time conservatives and keep public safety first and foremost.” reem al hashimiDirector General of Expo 2020 Dubai told Reuters.
The Gulf state has eased most coronavirus restrictions, but requires the wearing of face masks at the expo and vaccinated for visitors over the age of 18, or who test negative for COVID-19.
Before the pandemic, consultancy EY estimated that the expo would contribute 1.5% to the UAE’s GDP during its six months.
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