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Manchester is an international centre. "The Times" newspaper places 80 of its
top 100 companies in the city and over 60 Foreign
and International Banks operate from here. Some 46,000 students
currently study for Higher Education at its colleges and universities. More than 90 world airlines fly
into Manchester Airport from 165 destinations world wide. In 1993 over 13 million people
passed through the airport terminal, and that figure is soon expected
to surpass 22 million.
The Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester has the most extensive motorway network in the United Kingdom. It
is accessible by road, rail and air. Manchester is 2½ hours from London by Intercity
trains, of which there are on average 17 departures every day.
The city has the UK's first modern street operating rail system
- Metrolink - which other
UK cities are eager to emulate.
It
is cosmopolitan - it offers more than 30 styles of foreign
cuisine, with distinctive Chinese and Asian areas of speciality. It has 80 golf
courses, more theatres than any other city outside London, two Premier League football
teams, two major television companies,
three Universities, two
symphony orchestras, and many small chamber ensembles. It leads
the field in music. Since the mid-1980s, Manchester
popular music has dominated music charts.
It
is also, by virtue of its central location within the British Isles,
an excellent base for tourism. Within 1 hour's drive are 3 major
National Parks (the Lake District,
the Peak District, and the
Snowdonia National Park). Also within an hour's drive are the seaside
towns of the Fylde coast of Lancashire (Blackpool, Lytham St Annes, Southport, Morecambe, Fleetwood),
as well as the great cities of Lancaster, York, Chester and Liverpool.
The
City also has many fine listed buildings.
Within the greater region are 170 tourist
attractions including some 34 historic
houses, country parks, moors, plains, hills and 8 theme
parks all within an hour's drive away. For people in the locality, Manchester is a place
to live - for some it is a place to do business - and for others
it is increasingly becoming a place to visit as a Tourist.
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