Dubai: The first world exhibition to be held in the Middle East, Expo 2020 Dubai, opened the door to exhibitors from nearly 200 countries on October 1 after being postponed for a year with a pandemic Coronavirus.
Site 4.3 Square (1.7 Km square) is a desert when Dubai was chosen eight years ago to take part in the 2015 Expo in Milan, Italy.
Now, $ 6.8 billion later, more emirates than before needed an expected economic drive from global trade shows, but must compete with sustainable Covid-19 limitations, and perhaps reluctance to travel too.
Before the pandemic, consultation estimated that the exhibition would be for six months to contribute 1.5% of the UAE gross domestic product.
Dubai still officially expects 25 million visitors, more than Milan accepting and more than twice the United Arab Emirates population.
All over the age of 18 must be vaccinated against Coronavirus or negative testing to enter.
But diplomats from five different countries said they had revised the target of visitors to their national pavilion.
James Swanston, an economist at Capital Economics, said that sustainable obstacles for foreign trips mean that economic impulse is likely to fail in the projection.
A spokesman said the number of tickets sold was commercially sensitive, but the exhibition was “happy” with sales so far.
Many events will be channeled online.
Dubai said he wanted exhibitions, cultural exhibitions, technology, and architecture under banners ‘linking thoughts and creating future’, to be a demonstration of ingenuity, and a place where problems such as climate change, conflict growth and economic growth can occur intended together.
But his biggest role is still a trade forum.
“All countries are main trading and strength plan to use the Expo to focus back and redefine their position in the world market,” said Commissioner General Expo France, Erik Linquier.
This event is not without criticism.