Now that Dubai's World Expo has wrapped up, 80% of the infrastructure is scheduled to transition into District 2020, a 'human-centric smart city.'
For the past six months, Dubai's World Expo has been taking place on 1,083 acres of reclaimed desert. After opening a year late, delayed by the Covid pandemic, Expo 2020 Dubai received more than more than 23 million visits, accommodated 192 participating countries, and hosted performances from the likes of Alicia Keys and Jason Derulo, and visits from world leaders such as the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, and French president Emmanuel Macron.
The event came to a close on March 31 with a display from the United Arab Emirates' Air Force's aerobatics team, and performances by Christina Aguilera, Norah Jones and Yo-Yo Ma.
A spectacle of mobility at Dubai's Expo 02:57He adds that it's vital that Dubai moves ahead with the development of District 2020 quickly, before people lose interest."After the event, with every Expo, the momentum is gone," he says."You need to immediately have a plan in place for transformation.
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