As the host of the 2020 World Expo, Dubai has come up with ambitious plans with the hope of attracting 25 million visitors—plans that go farther than the announcement of a new tallest tower being planned specially for the event. “For the first time in the history of World Expos, each country will have an individual pavilion, enhancing the ability of nations to showcase themselves,” organizers said in a statement. That means possibly more than 200 pavilions. All this will spread over the 438 hectares of site ground located next to Dubai’s smaller second airport, Al-Maktoum International which opened in 2013. Representatives of more than 100 countries gathered in the Emirati city for talks on the event, where panel discussions and workshops were held aimed at providing potential participants with details on the Expo 2020 plan and highlighting “business opportunities in the UAE for innovation, trade and investment, and knowledge transfer”.
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