Dubai Expo hopes to mark post-COVID transition for UAE
Dubai Expo 2020 is expected to be the most attended international event since the coronavirus pandemic.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) opens Expo 2020 on Oct. 1, after a year of delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, which hit the global economy, travel and tourism industry.
The world fair was scheduled for October 2020, but following World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations to ban mass events and big gatherings at the beginning of the pandemic, the UAE decided to postpone the Expo.
The opening of Expo 2020, which is being held for the first time in the Middle East, comes at a time that some countries started to ease travel and social restrictions, while the UAE managed to control the spread of the virus.
Recently, the UAE government has eased rules of wearing face masks in some public places, after a significant fall in new COVID-19 cases.
