Rescheduled Dubai Expo hopes to attract 25 million visits

5-min readDubai is gearing up to host the World Expo - a year after it was originally supposed to be held.

"The world has gone through these galactical shifts over the last year but now with vaccines being rollout, we believe that situation will settle by October. We believe the situation will be far more positive by then." Dubai Expo is being billed as the biggest event to be held in the Arab world. For the UAE, the showpiece event comes at a time when it is trying to recover from one of its worst recessions in five decades.

While most experts think it might challenging to achieve 25 million visits, there is a broad consensus that millions will attend the event, which could have a significant impact on the economy."Even if the event is partially successful it has the potential of reviving the economy and taking it back to the pre-pandemic levels" says Scott Livermore, chief economist for the Middle East at Oxford Economics.

She also adds that there is a need for people to converge to discuss the next steps to tackle global challenges like the Covid-19 pandemic, and the Expo offers that platform.Dubai is famous for being home to the tallest building in the world and its white sand beaches. It has transformed itself from a desert backwater port into a thriving financial and tourism hub within a generation. But the World Expo is the most ambitious project for the country.

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