Saudi Arabia was in celebration mode last night with fireworks that could rival New Year’s in New York. Indeed, a new era started for the Kingdom, and all indications confirm an inspired rest of the world.
17 countries voted for Italy, 29 for South Korea, and 119 for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last night in Paris to host EXPO 2030. according to the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the intergovernmental organization in charge of overseeing and regulating World Expos.
Busan, Rome, and Riyadh were competing to host World EXPO 2030, and Saudi Arabia gave it all to become the host- and Riyadh won in a landslide.
Congratulations to HE Ahmed Al-Khateeb and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their historic victory!
Hon, Edmund Bartlett, Tourism Minister of Jamaica
He sees this global development as empowering tourism to become the global force for good and diplomacy in a troublesome world as the new way to do it, tourism diplomacy.
“A Diplomatic Coup for Tourism in Saudi Arabia indeed“, he added.
Out of these 32 members, only a handful of votes went to support EU member Italy in the bid for Rome. Rome only received 17 supporting votes out of all 165 member countries.
This may be an embarrassment for the EU as a combined force of solidarity.
One European member delegate was very worried and asked a source if Italy could see that they voted against them.
