{"id":33464,"date":"2020-04-02T07:56:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T05:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-slovenia.com\/?p=33464"},"modified":"2020-05-19T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T12:33:00","slug":"dubai-expo-2020-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-slovenia.com\/en\/business\/best-brands\/dubai-expo-2020-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Dubai EXPO 2020 postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Director general for Dubai Expo 2020 supports the proposal to explore a one-year postponement for six-month-long event. <\/strong><\/h2><p>Organisers of Expo 2020 Dubai have backed a proposal to&nbsp;postpone the event for one year due to the&nbsp;coronavirus pandemic.<\/p><p>The announcement came on Monday after a meeting between officials from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and foreign countries participating in the nearly six-month-long event that was due to begin in October.<\/p><p>&#8220;Many countries have been significantly impacted by COVID-19 and they have therefore expressed a need to postpone the opening of Expo 2020 Dubai by one year, to enable them to overcome this challenge. While everyone involved in Expo&nbsp;<a>2020 Dubai<\/a>&nbsp;remains firmly committed, many countries have been significantly impacted by COVID-19 and they have expressed a need to postpone Expo\u2019s opening by one year,&nbsp;while they focus on overcoming this challenge. In a spirit of solidarity and unity, we support the proposal to explore a one-year postponement made by the Steering Committee meeting. We will follow the&nbsp;Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) processes on making the decision to delay Expo&nbsp;<a>2020 Dubai<\/a>. The BIE&nbsp;will now work with its Member States and Expo&nbsp;<a>2020 Dubai<\/a>&nbsp;to establish a change in dates.&#8221; Director-General for Expo 2020 Dubai Reem al-Hashimy said in a statement.<\/p><p>&#8220;The UAE and Expo 2020 Dubai have listened. And in the spirit of solidarity and unity, we supported the proposal to explore a one-year postponement at today&#8217;s Steering Committee meeting.  The statement also quoted Dimitri S Kerkentzes, the secretary-general of the Bureau International des Expositions which had awarded the fair to Dubai in 2014, as saying the recommendation was &#8220;welcome&#8221; under the circumstances.&nbsp;<\/p><p>The event has helped boost Dubai&#8217;s critical real-estate market and had officials hoping for more tourists in the city-state that is home to the world&#8217;s busiest airport for international travel.&nbsp;<\/p><p>However, the pandemic has currently grounded flights by Dubai&#8217;s long-haul carrier Emirates, jeopardized global&nbsp;tourism&nbsp;and caused further panic in a real estate market already down by a third since the 2014 announcement.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>An estimated 11 million overseas visitors were expected to attend the showpiece of culture, business, and technology featuring pavilions from 192 countries.<\/strong><\/p><p>Stay home. Stay safe.&nbsp;<br>And we will share further updates with you when we are able to.<\/p><p><\/p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director general for Dubai Expo 2020 supports the proposal to explore a one-year postponement for six-month-long event. Organisers of Expo 2020 Dubai have backed a proposal to&nbsp;postpone the event for one year due to the&nbsp;coronavirus pandemic. 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