Emirates has enlisted Byron Bay action-hero, Chris Hemsworth, as the face of a new global campaign to push Expo 2020 Dubai.

The United Arab Emirates Government has formally requested the postponement of World Expo 2020 Dubai in a letter to the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE).

Organisers of Expo 2020 Dubai have requested to have the event postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Scheduled to start in just over 200 days, Expo 2020 says due to the current “global situation” gripping the world, “it is clear that this is not the right time” to host the event.