Tourism in Chicago
44 million tourists visit the City of Chicago each year.
Tourist are given the Magnificent Mile, a corridor of upscale shopping, thousands of restaurants and lovely architecture. Most conventions are held at McCormick Place, near Soldier Field. Navy pier hosts numerous retail shops, museums, exhibit halls and auditoriums. There is even a 150 foot tall Ferris Wheel on the lakefront.
The historic Chicago Cultural Center has a visitor information center, art galleries and exhibit halls.
Millennium Park is a rebuilt section of a formal railroad—a place for sculptures and restaurants for tourists to visit.
The Museum Campus is a ten acre lakefront park that is surrounded by three primary museums—the Adler Planetarium, the Field Museum of natural History and the Shedd Aquarium. This area joins to the Southern section of Grant Park which includes the Art institute of Chicago.