Dubai: Meet Expo 2020’s ‘No 1 fan’

Dubai: Meet Expo 2020’s ‘No 1 fan’

The Indian visitor has collected 23 passports and over 300 memorabilia

Published: Thu 17 Mar 2022, 12:07 PM

How many times have you visited Expo 2020 Dubai and its numerous country pavilions? That is a question that will leave Aazam Tahir Gandhi, 31, scratching his head.

Dubbed the "No 1 Expo fan" by the organisers who tweeted his picture, Gandhi, who is visiting from India's capital New Delhi, has lost count of the number of times he has toured the world fair. Expo 2020 has attracted over 19 million visits since its opening in October 2021.

Gandhi, who has repeatedly visited 190 plus country pavilions during the last three months, has collected 23 Expo passports and hundreds of stamps - proof that he is a "veritable encyclopaedia on all things Expo offers."

"I landed in the UAE on December 4 on a visit visa, and ever since, I have been coming here almost every day. I know every nook and cranny of this place. Yet, I want to get more out of this Expo," Gandhi who works as a manager at Karim's Restaurant in Delhi, told Khaleej Times.

"I always wanted to travel and see the world. There is no place like this on earth where