Saudi pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai receives 2 million visitors

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The pavilion offers, over a period of six months, more than 1,800 events, activities, programs and themed weeks that reflect the Kingdom’s rich nature. (SPA)
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The pavilion offers, over a period of six months, more than 1,800 events, activities, programs and themed weeks that reflect the Kingdom’s rich nature. (SPA)
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Updated 27 December 2021
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Saudi pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai receives 2 million visitors

  • The pavilion is considered to be the largest after that of the host’s and has already achieved three Guinness World Records

DUBAI: Two million people have visited the Kingdom’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, making up more than 30 percent of the expo’s total visitors.
Visitors to the Kingdom’s pavilion, which officially opened on Oct. 1, have traveled from Arab countries and further afield.
There have also been high-level visits from diplomatic delegations.
The committee said that this is the highest percentage of visitors heading to one pavilion within 86 days in the history of international exhibitions.
The pavilion offers, over a period of six months, more than 1,800 events, activities, programs and themed weeks that reflect the Kingdom’s rich nature, vibrant society, longstanding heritage and economic opportunities.

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The pavilion offers, over a period of six months, more than 1,800 events, activities, programs and themed weeks that reflect the Kingdom’s rich nature, vibrant society, longstanding heritage and economic opportunities.

There is also a sustainable energy station, a strong presence of Saudi heritage handicrafts, shows featuring popular folklore, and famous dishes from all of the country’s regions.
Pavilion visitors are taken on discovery tours that reflect the young spirit of Saudi Arabia and its cultural, innovative, economic and investment opportunities.
The pavilion is considered to be the largest after that of the host’s and has already achieved three Guinness World Records for the largest interactive light floor, the longest interactive water curtain and the largest interactive digital screen mirror.


Saudi Arabia acknowledges ‘effective cooperation’ after Lebanese authorities seize narco lab

Updated 29 January 2026
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Saudi Arabia acknowledges ‘effective cooperation’ after Lebanese authorities seize narco lab

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia highlighted the productive cooperation between the Kingdom and Lebanon after the seizure of a drugs facility. 

The Saudi interior ministry said the lab was being used to manufacture narcotic substances and  precursor materials, in addition to firearms. 

The ministry statement, posted on social media early on Thursday, said the Kingdom acknowledges the effective cooperation with the Lebanese authorities in monitoring and controlling narcotic substances. 

The Kingdom reaffirmed its commitment to continuing efforts to combat criminal activities that threaten its security and youth through drugs, by confronting, thwarting, and apprehending those involved, the statement added.