What Does Edmonton Have To Offer?

Edmonton is the capital city of the province of Alberta and is positioned in its central region, on the North Saskatchewan River. Well-known as a cultural city Edmonton is nicknamed as "The Festival City" due to the numerous events held there. While visiting, holiday makers looking for somewhere to stay and meals will come to know hotels in Edmonton provide great lodging amenities, and services of a very high standard. Some of the best rated and hotels can be found here.

Edmonton is that the place with the big mall. West Edmonton Mall (WEM), located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is the largest shopping mall in North America and the 5th largest on the planet. WEM was established by the Ghermezian brothers, who migrated from Iran in 1959. From 1981 to 2004 it was the world’s largest mall.

WEM covers an area of around 570,000 m2 (well over 6 million sq ft). Inside the mall you will find over 800 stores. There is parking for more than 20,000 automobiles and there is more than 23,000 people employed at there. Depending on the season the mall attracts between 60,000 and 150,000 shoppers daily.

The bulk of Edmonton's residents live inside the City of Edmonton rather than in the nearby suburbs. Edmonton was surrounded by urban towns and many of the nearby settlements that did exist were absorbed through the merging. Edmonton occupied a substantial volume of land up until the early 1980s, where it has sustained much of the region's suburban growth within the city.

Edmonton functions as the North point of the Calgary–Edmonton Strip and is a main socket for large-scale oil sands projects in the Northern area of Alberta and significant diamond mining operations in the Northwest Regions.

Edmonton has grown fairly steadily over the past fifteen years, although it did drop off about 1.5% in 2009. Back around 1996 Calgary's GDP per capita was 36% higher than Edmonton while today it is down to 14%. Edmonton International Airport is one of the fastest growing airports in North America. This is an indicator of Edmonton's economic status as the quality of air service is a factor in terms of corporations considering transferring to Edmonton.

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