aladdin2007
Well-Known Member
Fact check. My impression is that most of the WS countries were paid for, at least in part, by corporations, e.g. Norway (a blob of Norwegian companies + SAS) and Japan (Mitsukoshi). On the other hand there was Moroccan gov't involvement in Morocco, for example.
Can someone provide some info on the WS sponsorship model?
Norway was partly backed by the Norwegian goverment as well. They pulled out around 2002. I believe China is supported by the Peoples Republic of China to some extent. Roots is a big sponsor in Canada, and Mexico the san angel inn resturant corp in Mexico City is a big player. Someone correct me if Im wrong but the others are not sponsored by their country's government right now, Morocco may still be but not sure, their King is the one who funded/designed a lot of the pavilion back in the 80s.