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Tourism in Chicago draws on the city'sarchitecture,museums, restaurants,sports,parks andbeaches,theater and wide variety of neighborhood attractions.[1]
In 2017,Millennium Park alone saw 25 million visitors, making it the top tourist destination in theMidwest and among the top ten in theUnited States.[2]
In 2023, Chicago saw 51.96 million tourist arrivals, and tourism expenditure set a new record at $19.2 billion.[3] Of these, 1.83 million were international visitors.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, tourist arrivals had peaked at 61.58 million people in 2019.
Major conventions are held atMcCormick Place. The historicChicago Cultural Center (1897) serves as the city's Visitor Information Center. Tourists will find sites of interest inGrant Park which containsMillennium Park,Buckingham Fountain (1927), and theArt Institute of Chicago. Millennium Park'sCloud Gate sculpture and fountain's two towers incorporate LED facial images. Events such as theGrant Park Music Festival take place in the city. Chicago performing arts venues include theHarris Theater for Music and Dance and theChicago Opera Theater.
Navy Pier, east ofStreeterville, contains retail, restaurants, museums, exhibition halls and auditoriums. Its 15-storyFerris wheel is among the most visited landmarks with about 8 million visitors each year.[4]
The city'sMuseum Campus, holds: theAdler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, theField Museum of Natural History, and theShedd Aquarium. The Museum Campus accesses theArt Institute of Chicago inGrant Park. TheMuseum of Science and Industry is also a leading attraction.
About one-third of Chicago's tourists enjoy the city's entertainment venues includingMcCormick Place and theChicago Theatre.
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| Formation | 2012 |
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| Type | Tourism organization |
| Headquarters | 301 E. Cermak Road Chicago,Illinois  United States |
Key people | Lynn Osmond, President & CEO |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture |
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Choose Chicago is the official tourism organization for the city.[5] In January 2012, then-MayorRahm Emanuel launched Chicago's new tourism organization, Choose Chicago.[6] The Mayor's vision was to restructure all tourism sales and marketing activities under a single, streamlined agency, and outline clear and measurable objectives to track these efforts. Choose Chicago partners with theMetropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, the Chicago Office of Tourism, the City of Chicago, and theIllinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's Bureau of Tourism, as well as many other related associations in Chicago. It handles convention sales forMcCormick Place andNavy Pier.
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