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Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed, chairman of Dubai Airports, speaking at a press conference welcoming the next chapter at Expo City Dubai.
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Expo City Dubai is set to open in phases from September 2022, with a full relaunch in October. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National
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Visitors can take a trip on the Garden in the Sky from September 1 for Dh30.
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Later, as residential sectors open, the district will become a '24-hour neighbourhood' in which people live and work, and can visit.
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The Expo metro station in June 2022.
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Dubai Exhibition Centre in June 2022.
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Ahmed Al Khatib, chief development and delivery officer and Marjan Faraidooni, chief visitor experience officer at Expo 2020 Dubai, at a news conference in June 2022 to announce Expo City Dubai.
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The entrance gates await new residents and businesses.
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Ahmed Al Khatib said the district would be free of single plastics and was built with an emphasis on the environment.
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Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed, chairman of Dubai Airports, speaking at a press conference welcoming the next chapter at Expo City Dubai.
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Expo City Dubai is set to open in phases from September 2022, with a full relaunch in October. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National
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Visitors can take a trip on the Garden in the Sky from September 1 for Dh30.
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Later, as residential sectors open, the district will become a '24-hour neighbourhood' in which people live and work, and can visit.
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The Expo metro station in June 2022.
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Dubai Exhibition Centre in June 2022.
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Ahmed Al Khatib, chief development and delivery officer and Marjan Faraidooni, chief visitor experience officer at Expo 2020 Dubai, at a news conference in June 2022 to announce Expo City Dubai.
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The entrance gates await new residents and businesses.
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Ahmed Al Khatib said the district would be free of single plastics and was built with an emphasis on the environment.
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Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed, chairman of Dubai Airports, speaking at a press conference welcoming the next chapter at Expo City Dubai.
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