SPECIAL EXPO2020 DUBAI
ALL EYES ON DUBAI Expo 2020 Dubai is a unique celebration of art, culture, music, architecture, technology and more. It is dedicated to finding solutions to the world's most pressing challenges and takes visitors on journeys packed with engaging and immersive content and programming.
by travel-expert :José Berrocoso For 170 years, the World Expo has celebrated human progress and achievement, welcoming visitors to innovate and create by sharing ideas and working together. One of the oldest and largest international events, World Expos take place every five years and last six months. Since the Great Exhibition in London in 1851, World Expos across the globe have demonstrated an unparalleled power to attract visitors and showcase future-shaping innovations. Technology unveiled at previous World Expos includes the X-ray machine, the typewriter and the first live television broadcast. World Expos have also brought us the Eiffel Tower, the Seattle Space Needle, IMAX movies, Heinz Tomato Ketchup and the ice cream cone. For the first time in World Expo history, every country has its own pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai where they can share the best of their cultures, innovation and human progress. Through the theme and the purpose, ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’, Expo 2020 Dubai is a platform to encourage creativity, innovation and collaboration across three subthemes: Sustainability, Opportunity and Mobility. The theme reflects the history of Dubai, historically called Al Wasl, or ‘the connection’. Dubai has long played an important role in connecting east and west, north and south. The vision is to build on Dubai’s role as a cross-continental gateway and deliver a World Expo that advances the potential of human collaboration, while inspiring visitors to create a positive, long-term impact for people around the world. Expo 2020 Dubai coincides with the UAE’s 50th anniversary in 2021, marking an important milestone for the country. And it´s the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region. If travel is the best teacher in life, then Expo 2020 Dubai is the perfect place to be educated. Just imagine who you’ll meet and what you’ll experience as you explore the world in one place. It’s a once-in-a-lifestime experience, a feast for all of your senses, and an opportunity for us all to come together today to reimage the world of tomorrow. 40
NOVEMBER 2021
