The Expo 2020 Dubai Site Was Just Inaugurated By The Leaders Of The UAE

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, took to Twitter to announce the inauguration of the Al Wasl Plaza at the Expo 2020 Dubai site last week, and tweeted, “Today, my brother Mohamed bin Zayed and I launched Al Wasl Plaza at the Expo 2020 Dubai site. The giant dome will be the heart of the Expo site that will bring together 192 countries. 38,000 employees are working round the clock to organize the world’s largest show. We are ready.”

My brother, Mohammed bin Rashid, and I opened Al Wasl Square, the beating heart of Expo 2020 Dubai. From this site, we will tell the world the story of UAE, our values & achievements. This land will remain an oasis of coexistence and a meeting place for the people of the world. pic.twitter.com/IJGxhhIFC8

— محمد بن زايد (@MohamedBinZayed) January 29, 2020

With the UAE prepping for the major forthcoming event starting in October this year, the leaders of the country His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, inaugurated the Al Wasl Plaza.

“Mobility, Sustainability and Opportunity” are the subthemes of the Expo and connected to the three districts, the new plaza is referred to as the “beating heart” of the major event.

HH Sheikh Maktoum also added to his tweet, “Expo 2020 Dubai, which opens in October and runs until April 2021, is set to attract 192 countries, and 25 million visitors, 70 percent of whom will come outside the country. The event is expected to receive an average of 150,000 visitors a day. Peak day visitor numbers are expected to total 300,000. Through Expo 2020, we will show the world how our union was the starting point for our development journey, and how our founding fathers established the robust foundations necessary for sustainable development and progress. We will also have an opportunity to demonstrate how the spirit of collaboration is embedded deep in our national ethos and serves as a means for progress and development. The world will also be able to better understand the achievements we have accomplished in the short period since our nation’s foundation and will learn about our traditions and heritage, our diversity and our experience of peaceful coexistence.”

Expo 2020 Dubai will open in October 2020 till April 2021 and will welcome 25 million guests from 192 nations.