Tag: Expo 2020

The Dubai Metro is likely to reach Al Warqa’a if a recent proposal that is currently being studied by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is approved,Gulf News can confirm.

The UAE is expected to spend over $300 billion by 2030 on infrastructure development as the construction sector bounces back after the economic downturn in 2008, according to a report by HVS, a hospitality consultancy.

Catering to the growing demand, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is in the process of adding training centres across Dubai even as Dubai Driving Centre opened a state of the art institution in Qusais on Tuesday.

Dubai’s retail sector may be well-stocked with malls at present, but there is still ample space to test out new concepts and new projects, according to the head of the Dubai Shopping Malls Group.

The emirate’s expansion in airport capacity and facilities will provide vast growth opportunities for the global aviation industry.

Destination Dubai 2020 will be the seminal conference about Dubai’s plans to 2020.

Dubai developers are set to commence work on several mega projects in the coming months in order to complete and deliver them much earlier than 2020.

In a few days we will know who will host World Expo 2020. Over the past few months, the spirit of ‘Be part of it’, strongly attracted many countries, and individuals of different nationalities, cultures, languages, and social backgrounds, to show their support for the Dubai bid.

Second, holding Expo 2020 in Dubai will remind the world that the Middle East is a region with potential and dynamism, a source of innovation for generations past, present and future.

A 2020 World Expo in Dubai would also coincide with the UAE's Golden Jubilee. In the 41 years since the country was founded it has established itself as a leader among the fast-emerging economies of the region; by the time it reaches its half-century, the UAE will have further cemented its position as a key trade and tourism hub linking East and West, and North and South.