Expo 2020
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"Expo 2021" redirects here. For the International Horticultural Expo originally scheduled for 2021–2022, see International Horticultural Expo 2023 Doha Qatar.
Expo 2020 (Arabic: إكسبو 2020) was a World Expo hosted by Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022.
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Overview | |
BIE-class | Universal exposition |
Category | International Registered Exhibition |
Name | EXPO 2020 إكسبو |
Motto | Connecting Minds, Creating the Future |
Area | 438 ha (1,080 acres) |
Visitors | 25,000,000 |
Organized by | Reem Al Hashimi (managing director) |
Mascot | Salama, Rashid, Latifa, Alif, Opti, and Terra[1] |
Participant(s) | |
Countries | 192[2] |
Organizations | 10[3] |
Location | |
Country | United Arab Emirates |
City | Dubai |
Venue | Dubai Exhibition Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Coordinates | 24°57′39″N 55°09′03″E |
Timeline | |
Awarded | 27 November 2013 (2013-11-27) |
Opening | 1 October 2021 |
Closure | 31 March 2022 |
Universal expositions | |
Previous | Expo 2015 in Milan |
Next | Expo 2025 in Osaka |
Specialized expositions | |
Previous | Expo 2017 in Astana |
Next | Expo 2023 in Buenos Aires (cancelled) |
Horticultural expositions | |
Previous | Expo 2019 in Beijing |
Next | Expo 2022 in Almere |
Internet | |
Website | expo2020dubai |
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Originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.[4] Despite being postponed, organizers kept the name Expo 2020 for marketing and branding purposes. The event had recorded more than 24 million visits from around the world in its six months.[5]
The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) general assembly in Paris named Dubai as the host on 27 November 2013.[6]