Dubai Expo to be postponed by one year UAE Global infection spread 6:21 on March 31
The Dubai Expo, scheduled to be held in October as the first international expo in the Middle East, will be postponed for one year due to the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus.
The first international exhibition in the Middle East, the Dubai Expo, will be held in UAE = Dubai, United Arab Emirates for about half a year from October, and preparations are underway for the construction of pavilions in various countries including Japan. I have been.
However, in response to the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus, the Dubai Expo Secretariat held a special meeting with representatives of participating countries on March 30 and agreed to postpone the year.
In the future, the deferral will be officially decided at the general meeting of the BIE (Expo International Bureau), which has the right to decide.
"We look forward to welcoming everyone in the world who has been able to take on this pressing task more boldly and recover." Said.
Even in the UAE, the number of infected people has spread to over 600 people, and measures are being strengthened, such as restricting employees from going out at night and requiring companies to work from home.
If the postponement of the Expo, which aims to attract 25 million visitors from all over the world, is officially decided, the UAE has stated that further impacts on the domestic economy such as tourism in the major industries will be inevitable.