Chicago Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Tourism=== {{Main|Tourism in Chicago}} {{see also|List of beaches in Chicago}} [[File: Chicago River Morning (44455011711).jpg|thumb|Ferries offer sightseeing tours and water-taxi transportation along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan.]] {{As of|2014|alt=In 2014}}, Chicago attracted 50.17 million domestic leisure travelers, 11.09 million domestic business travelers and 1.308 million overseas visitors.<ref name="visitors">{{cite web |title=2014 Chicago Tourism Profile |url=http://www.choosechicago.com/includes/content/docs/media/Chicago-Visitation-Annual-2014-6.20.15-.pdf |publisher=Choose Chicago |year=2015 |access-date=June 10, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116012209/http://www.choosechicago.com/includes/content/docs/media/Chicago-Visitation-Annual-2014-6.20.15-.pdf |archive-date=January 16, 2016}}</ref> These visitors contributed more than {{US$|13.7}} billion to Chicago's economy.<ref name="visitors"/> Upscale shopping along the Magnificent Mile and State Street, thousands of restaurants, as well as Chicago's eminent architecture, continue to draw tourists. The city is the United States' third-largest [[convention (meeting)|convention]] destination. A 2017 study by [[Walk Score]] ranked Chicago the sixth-most walkable of fifty largest cities in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.walkscore.com/cities-and-neighborhoods/ |title=2017 City and Neighborhood Rankings |year=2017 |publisher=Walk Score |access-date=August 10, 2019 |archive-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131231927/https://www.walkscore.com/cities-and-neighborhoods/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Most conventions are held at McCormick Place, just south of [[Soldier Field]]. Navy Pier, located just east of [[Streeterville]], is {{convert|3000|ft|abbr=on}} long and houses retail stores, restaurants, museums, exhibition halls and auditoriums. Chicago was the first city in the world to ever erect a ferris wheel. The Willis Tower (formerly named Sears Tower) is a popular destination for tourists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skydeck Chicago at Willis Tower |url=https://theskydeck.com/ |access-date=November 21, 2022 |website=Skydeck Chicago |language=en-US |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121203121/https://theskydeck.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page