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Expo 2020 Dubai

Taking place during the same week as Light Middle East, the World Expo is coming to Dubai from 1st October 2021.

Your journey awaits

Expo 2020 Dubai will host the world for 6 months from 1st October 2020 - 31st March 2022, with each day brimming with new experiences. It’ll be a time to create, collaborate and innovate. And it’s going to be fun. We’re talking eye-catching, mind-bending, taste bud-tickling, grin-inducing, good-weird, did-that-really-just-happen fun. Come along, or spend a lifetime telling less interesting stories.

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Here's what you need to know in a nutshell.

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Expo 2020 Dubai is open 7 days a week
190+ Country Pavilions and 200+ Restaurants
60 Live shows and 15+ hours of entertainment daily
The first World Expo ever held in the region
Welcoming the world to the UAE for six months
Celebrating culture, collaboration and innovation
Aiming to leave a meaningful and lasting legacy

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Country Pavilions: The world in one place

Visit your favourite countries and discover new places you’ve never considered. It could change the way you see the world. 190+ country pavilions featuring narratives from every corner of the globe

Connecting Minds, Creating the Future

Our once-in-a-lifetime celebration – the largest event ever staged in the Arab world – is set to welcome 190 participating countries, and millions of visitors from across the globe. Here they will experience warm Emirati hospitality at its finest, as well as the UAE’s values of inclusion, tolerance and cooperation. Youth are at the heart of our World Expo. That’s why Expo 2020 aspires to create a meaningful legacy that will benefit generations to come, both locally and globally, spanning everything from innovations and architecture to friendships and business opportunities.

Sustainability

The need to live in balance with the world we inhabit has never been more critical. Expo 2020 is embracing alternative sources of food, water, and clean and renewable energy, and encouraging us all to reassess how we can preserve the planet.

Mobility

When we enable smarter movement of knowledge, ideas and goods, a new world of possibilities unfolds. Expo 2020 looks at how this has helped us explore new frontiers, and how humanity is making greater leaps than ever through digital connectivity.

Opportunity

We all have the power to shape the future. Expo 2020 aims to unlock this potential in multiple ways, such as supporting solutions to social problems through our Expo Live programme and introducing visitors to new ideas that inspire them to act.

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