Dubai Expo 2020 momentum grows

Dubai World Expo 2020 has received more than 771,000 ticketed visits through its doors since opening on 1 October, substantially higher than the 411,768 ticketed visits made in the first 10 days of the mega-event.

Nearly half of all visitors have a season pass, with more than 100,000 people visiting the site twice and more than 35,000 up to three times in the first 15 days, highlighting the number of attractions on offer at the largest event ever held in the Arab world.

To date, visitors to the World Expo, the first to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA), came from 181 nationalities, just 11 countries fewer than the 192 participants in the event, each with their own pavilion at the UAE event.

The figures include all ticket holders, but exclude representatives, delegations and guests of international participants, partners and other stakeholders, as well as Expo staff.

Expo 2020 Dubai will be open until 31 March 2022, with more than 200 pavilions and countless other attractions for visitors to explore, plus up to 60 events daily, as well as panel discussions, cultural presentations and much more.

Bringing Expo 2020 Dubai to a global digital audience, the number of virtual visitors has increased to 9.3 million since 1 October, up from 7.8 million last week.

Text, photos and video: Expo Dubai 2020.