The postponement has worked out well in one respect for the UAE, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding on December 2. "The core of World Expo has always been a sense of global spectacle, and the UAE's built environment is well placed to give it just that," said an opinion piece in the newspaper. Journalists visit the Sustainability Pavilion during a media tour at the Dubai Expo 2020, a week ahead of its public opening Karim SAHIB AFP/File ![]() The United Arab Emirates, population 10 million, has reported rapidly dwindling coronavirus cases in recent weeks, dropping below 300 on Sunday - less than half the figure a fortnight earlier. Visitors will need to be vaccinated or have a negative PCR test to enter. The next biggest event held in the world during the pandemic was the Tokyo Olympics, where strict virus rules saw spectators banned from nearly all venues.Įxpo 2020 will be indelibly tinged by the pandemic, however, with masks and social distancing mandatory on site. The first world fair was held in London in 1851, when it was housed in the purpose-built Crystal Palace, and it featured the Eiffel Tower - intended as a temporary attraction - in Paris in 1889.ĭubai's edition, the first in the Middle East, is expected to be the biggest event ever held in the region with estimates of 25 million visitors over its six-month lifespan. The Expo site in the dusty Dubai suburbs has remained strictly off-limits during its year-long postponement but the wraps will come off on Thursday at an opening ceremony attended by Emirati royalty.Īrchitectural marvels and a long list of technological innovations will feature among the exhibits, or pavilions, showcasing the ingenuity of more than 190 countries. Millions of people will begin converging on Dubai this week as the Covid-delayed Expo 2020, the world's biggest event since the pandemic, finally unveils its gleaming pavilions in the desert.
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