Seattle Tourism

Seattle is the “Emerald City”, and as it name suggests, it’s green all year long. Not only is the Seattle area known for its beauty, but also as a leader in commerce and foreign trade. High tech companies such as Microsoft, Real Networks, F5, Attachmate, WRQ, and hundreds of others call this region home. Of course there are other Fortune 500 companies, such as Boeing and it’s global impact on aerospace, Starbucks Coffee, Nordstrom as a high-end fashion retailer, Costco Wholesale, Washington Mutual Bank, Weyerhaeuser, Safeco, AT&T Wireless, and bio-tech companies as Amgen which also call this place home.

Seattle is host to a varied ethnic mix from European, African, Asian, Mid-Eastern, Latino and Slavic communities which all live in harmony here. All of these cultures are showcased during each Memorial Day weekend at the Northwest Folklife Festival, a free event to all participants.

Seattle’s cultural scene is rich with the award winning and acclaimed groups as the Seattle Opera Company, Seattle Reparatory Theater, ACT Theater, NW Ballet Company, and the Seattle Symphony just to name a few. These groups perform in world class halls, especially Benaroya Hall as the home of the Seattle Symphony, and the new Opera House at the Seattle Center.

From culture to activities. Seattle has more sailboats and pleasure craft per capita than any other city in the world. You can get to a world class winter skiing resort within an hour’s drive from downtown Seattle. There are plenty of trails to both hike, bike and camp at. And of course, Seattle has been named as one of the most livable cities on a consistent basis.