Dubai won the right to host 2020 world expo, at last Dubai won the battle

At last Dubai won the battle with a big applause. Dubai has chosen to host 2020 world expo. After crucial voting round held there in Paris the luck was with Dubai. The win was expected. 'Connecting Minds, Creating the Future', this theme will be in every one’s mind.

Dubai won over the heavyweights Izmir(Turkey),Sao Paulo(Brazil) and Yekaterinburg( Russia) after three stressful rounds of voting by delegates of the 168 nations conducted by the Bureau International Expositions in Paris.

Dubai is celebrating the victory. Dubai welcomed the result with fireworks. President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan called His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to congratulate him on the mind blowing win.

South Korea, hosted the 2012 world expo. The next expo is planned to take place in Milan in 2015.After that 2020 Dubai expo.

Now Dubai can remove happily the tag line 'candidate city' to 'host city'  enjoy Dubai...

        CONNECTING MINDS, CREATING THE FUTURE      

Dubai Expo 2020 - Facts

Expo 2020 Dubai going to create 277,000 jobs.

During 6 Months between Oct 2020 to April 2021 25 million visitors are expected to visit. Out of these 25 million visitors 70% will be from outside UAE.

By 2020 Dubai airport the world’s second busiest in terms of international passengers will become the busiest airport globally which can accommodate more than 100 million passengers.

50% energy to run the Dubai 2020 expo is going to generate from renewable sources.

Dubai Expo 2020 master plan is designed on the basis of Biomimicry principles.

The technologies and system are inspired completely by the designs of Mother Nature.

Around 24,000 people are transported within the Expo site every hour by cable car service named Gondola.

Expected people on a busy day will be around 300,000 and on an average weekday it will be around 153,000.

Metro Stations are connected to the Expo Site so that at around 75,000 people utilize metro to reach the expo.

750 zero-emission buses named Expo Riders will make provision for the transportation of visitors to and from the Expo venue.

Solar panels produce green energy which will meet the electricity demand within the expo venue.

Theme to life of Expo 2020 is “connecting minds, creating the future”

The centre of the Expo venue is named as ‘Al Wasl’ plaza. Al Wasl is the old Arabic name for Dubai. Meaning of ‘Al Wasl’ is “The Connection”  

World Expo 2020 Candidate city SAO PAULO Logo and Theme

Candidate city  SAO PAULO -  BRAZIL -  Expo 2020

Theme: Power of Diversity, Harmony for Growth

World Expo 2020 Candidate city IZMIR Logo and Theme

Candidate city IZMIR - TURKEY  -  Expo 2020

Theme: New Routes to a Better World, Health for All

World Expo 2020 Candidate city EKATERINBURG Logo and Theme

Candidate city EKATERINBURG -  RUSSIA -  Expo 2020

Theme :-  Global Mind: Uniting All Humanity in a Single Conversation

World Expo 2020 Candidate city DUBAI Logo and Theme

DUBAI - UAE -  Expo 2020

Theme: Connecting Minds, Creating the Future

 CoNNecTing MiNds , CreAtiNg tHe FutUrE 

World Expo Timeline 1929-2020

World Expo Timeline 1929-2020*

1929                -  Barcelona, Spain

                        -  Sevile, Spain

1930                -  Antwerp, Belgium – Exposition Internationale

                        -  Stockholm, Sweden

1931                -  Paris, France – Exposition Coloniale Internationale

1933-34           -  Chicago, Illinois, USA – A century of Progress Exposition

1935                -  Brussels, Belgium

1935-36           -  San Diego, California, USA – California-Pacific International Exposition

1936-37           -  Johannesburg, South Africa -  Empire Exhibition

1937                -  Paris, France – Exposition Internationale

1938                -  Glasgow, UK – British Empire Exhibition

1939                -  New York, USA New York World’s Fair

                        -  San Francisco, California, USA – Golden Gate International Exposition

                        -  Wellington, New Zealand

1940                -  Lisbon, Portugal

1949-50           -  Port-au-Prince, Haiti

1951                -  London, UK – Festival of Britain

1958                -  Brussels, Belgium – Expo ‘58

1962                -  Seattle, Washington, USA – Century 21 Exposition

1964-65           -  New York – New York World’s Fair

1967                -  Montreal, Canada – Expo ‘67

1968                -  San Antonio, Texas, USA – Hemisfair ‘68

1970                -  Osaka, Japan – Expo ’70 Japan World Exposition

1974                -  Spokane, Washington – Expo ’74 - International Exposition on the Environment

1975-76           - Okinawa, Japan – Expo ’75 - International Ocean Exposition

1982                -  Knoxville, Tennessee, USA – The 1982 World’s Fair

1984                -  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA – Louisiana World Exposition

1985                -  Tsukuba, Japan – Expo ’85 – The International Exposition, Tsukuba

1986                -  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Expo ’86 – The 1986 World Exposition

1988                -  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia – World Expo ‘88

1992                -  Seville (Sevilla), Spain Expo ‘92

                        -  Genoa, Italy – Colombo ‘92

1993                -  Taejon, South Korea – Expo ’93 – Taejon International Exposition

1998                -  Lisbon, Portugal – Expo ’98 – The Lisbon World Exposition

2000                -  Hanover, Germany – Expo 2000

2005                -  Aichi Prefecture, Japan – Expo 2005

2008                -  Zaragoza, Spain – Expo 2008

2010                -  Shanghai, China – Expo 2010

2012                -  Yeosu, South Korea – Expo 2012

2015                - Milan, Italy – Expo 2015

2017                - Astana, Kazakhstan

2020------------------  NOT CONFIRMED YET

• ·         Dubai- UAE
• ·         Ekaterinburg- Russia
• ·         Izmir- Turkey
• ·         Sao Paulo- Brazil

All the above four cities officially bid to host Expo 2020 by 02 November 2011 deadline.

Decision will be made by the Bureau of International Expositions General Assembly in November 2013.





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