Dubai: The countdown for the much-awaited Dubai Expo 2020 starts on Sunday (October 20, 2019).
The world-standard six-month exhibition will be officially inaugurated a year from now – that is on Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
A string of key events will be held today across the UAE to mark the official beginning of the countdown for Dubai Expo 2020, which will be held under the slogan “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”.
American pop music icon Mariah Carey will be performing live as part of the nationwide festivities. She will be accompanied by popular Emirati singer Hussein Al Jasimi, who was chosen as the Dubai Expo 2020 Ambassador.
Minister of State for International Co-operation and director-general of Dubai Expo 2020 Reem Al Hashemi said that the nationwide celebrations have been scheduled to mark "One Year to Go" for the global event, Emarat Alyoum reported.