Definition of Expo 2020
Expo 2020 , is a Universal scale Registered Exposition time slot sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE).Every five years and for a period of six months, World Expos attract millions of visitors. The World Expo has never been held in the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia in the history of the event.Once one city had lodged a bid with the BIE other cities had six months to respond ,at which point 5 cities had lodged their bids with the BIE, with Dubai making a last minute entry. The BIE voted on the winning host city on 27 November 2013 , with the four remaining: Dubai, UAE; Yekaterinburg, Russia; Izmir, Turkey; or São Paulo, Brazil . it will be hosted now in the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
The impacts of Expo 2020 can be divided into two major groups: Economic and socio-cultural. Each group of impacts has both positive and negative effects on the local community, it is important to identify, analyze and understand the economic and socio cultural effects of Expo 2020 so that the benefits of Expo 2020 can be maximized but importantly, the negative impacts can be controlled
Economic Impacts of Expo 2020
A stable source of income
Offers a variety of employment opportunities creates jobs for the host community
Improve infrastructure and superstructure that can be used local
Many opportunities for small business ownership or entrepreneurship
Multiplayer concept
Socio-Cultural Impacts of Expo 2020
Learn about each other -reduce stereotyping
Sharing of tastes, ideas and different ways of thinking
Improved standard of living
Benefits of Expo 2020 gains will come from further investments in infrastructure and the footfall of 25 million visitors to the exhibition, including 19 million from outside, through the six months of events and activities last expo increased Shanghai an income of $150 million (Dh550 million). reflecting positively on the country’s overall economy like :infrastructure,