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Expo 2020 Dubai: More than 700,000 ticket purchases in the second week-News

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Officials announced on Monday that the Expo 2020 Dubai had recorded more than 700,000 visitors in the second week after its opening.

Expo officials announced at the daily briefing on October 18 that from October 11th to 17th, a total of 771,477 ticket purchase visits were recorded.

The World Expo, covering more than four square kilometers, welcomed 181 countries in the second week.

“I am happy to say that our visitor numbers have increased by 12% every week,” said an Expo official. “Almost half of the visitors have season tickets, and we have already had more than 100,000 people actually came to the site twice.”

More than 35,000 tourists have visited the Expo three times. In addition, the official stated that since October 1, the number of virtual visitors has increased to 9.3 million, an increase of 1.5 million from the previous week.

Despite the high temperature, the Expo 411,768 ticket sales visits recorded The first ten days after opening. These figures include all physical ticket holders, but do not include participants, exhibitors and delegations. The Russian Pavilion at the World Expo said it welcomed 100,000 visitors.

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Due to the hot weather, after a brief suspension of classes, school students will return to the Expo site starting this week.

On Sunday, Dr. Abdulla Al Karam, Chairman and Director-General of the Knowledge and Human Development Agency (KHDA), together with a group of ambitious students, opened the doors of Expo 2020 Dubai.

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Anjana Sankar

Anjana Sankar is a journalist based in the UAE, focusing on stories of global conflict, immigration and human rights. She has reported on the front lines of the wars in Yemen and Syria, and has written numerous articles about refugee crises in Bangladesh, Iraq and Europe. From interviewing Daesh militants to joining the UAE army in Yemen, to earthquakes, floods, terrorist attacks and elections, she came out of the most dangerous conflict zone in the world without incident. With more than 14 years of experience, Anjana is currently an assistant editor of Khaleej Times and leads the reporting team. She often talks about women’s empowerment on a Facebook page with more than 40,000 fans.




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