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It's not quite a World Cup, but Saudi has high hopes for its World Expo, taking place the year the Saudi Vision 2030 is complete.
Saudi Arabia will launch a dedicated visa for its World Expo in 2030, which will facilitate "seamless entry from plane to metro to Expo site," states the Royal Commission for Riyadh City.
Saudi beat out Italy and South Korea to hold the World Expo and will spend close to $8 billion to turn part of its capital city Riyadh into an events plaza of 6.6 square kilometers – that's roughly twice the size of New York's Central Park.
The Middle East region has shown its fondness for visas tied to events before. The FIFA World Cup in Qatar had the Hayya Card, a type of visa specifically for football fans. The H