Ahead of Expo 2030 announcement… Riyadh awaits the ‎coronation of organizing most prestigious innovation ‎exhibitions

Alexander Graham Bell was in one of the corners of the Philadelphia Exhibition in 1876 displaying a group of machines that people knew at the time only as a group of heterogeneous pieces of iron, but the man who was widely known 30 years later was trying to convince them that these The diverse kit is the beginning of human communication through technology

About a quarter of a century before that, Expo exhibitions had begun to take shape on the wall of human history in the capitals of global civilization and creativity at the time, launching in London in 1851 under the name of the Great Exhibition, then in Paris in 1855 under the name of the International Exhibition of Products of Agriculture, Industry, and the Arts. The beauty in the French capital is usually interested in fashion and human art in general

London and Paris continued to organize the World’s Fair in the midst of their global powers in the middle of the nineteenth century, which witnessed the French-English rivalry in all parts of the world, with the timid participation of other cities outside the European continent, such as Campbell, Australia, and Chicago, the USA. However, the twentieth century showed global diversity in a better way. In the previous period, the Expo stations varied in more than one continent, which has become more noticeable with the beginning of the new millennium and the emergence of cities outside the traditional global map that have the ability to attract visitors, which makes Riyadh, the sparkling city in the middle of the desert, able to organize one of the rarest The creative experiences of this prestigious international exhibition

A few hours separate the announcement of the country nominated to organize Expo 2030, but optimism about Riyadh winning the organization is prevalent among circles interested in this matter, especially a few weeks after the Kingdom won the organization of the FIFA World Cup in 2034, according to it remaining alone with no competitors to win the organization, according to the federation. International game

The General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions is preparing to choose the winner of organizing Expo 2030 through a secret ballot before the end of this month – November 2023 – from among the cities most likely to win after other cities were excluded, most recently the Ukrainian city of Odessa due to the Russian war that broke out in 2022, and it remains in the race. The Italian cities of Rome and Busan, Korea, in addition to the Saudi capital

Riyadh is counting on its Arab and international weight and the city’s ability, which is currently completing qualitative infrastructure projects, in addition to international and global support to obtain the vote announced by important international groups, including the ASEAN countries, the Arab and Islamic Group, in addition to the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Riyadh, which has witnessed remarkable development in the past decades, received special attention from King Salman, who remained the prince of the region for about 50 years, before it received special attention from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who made Riyadh one of the most important targets of the economic vision to make it a more city livability through quality of life programs, to attract visitors and diversify the economy, as well as to make it a regional capital for major international companies, taking advantage of the fact that the Kingdom is the largest economic market for these companies in the Middle East and North Africa region.