Boston is a high energy capital city that retains its personality of history and tradition amidst its bustling economy strongly rooted in technology, finance, professional and business services, education, and medical institutions.

Home of dynamic athletic competition with the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Celtics, and the Boston Bruins athletic teams, along with its suburban New England Patriots, Boston attracts visitors from all over the world. The Boston Marathon, held in April each year, continues to capture the imagination and characterize the dreams of runners and spectators worldwide.

Boston's financial district includes major banks, investment firms, and insurance companies, yet Boston is also one of the country's top year-round tourist attractions. Boston's economy also boasts many historic sites, nearly 2,000 restaurants, hundreds of hotels.

Tufts University and Harvard University each have their medical schools in Boston, along with Massachusetts General Hospital, the major teaching hospital for both schools. Higher Education has an impressive presence in Boston, contributing substantially to the city's economy. Almost anywhere you go, you will see groups of students out and about taking advantage of all Boston has to offer and giving the city a vitality that is unmistakable.

With Boston's prime harbor location, fishermen harvest more than two million pounds of fish in the waters in and around Boston each year. Fishing, food processing, and food storage are still key Boston industries adding to the activity of this busy port city.

The print industry also has a strong presence in Boston with thousands of the city's workers contributing to getting numerous national magazines, scholarly and technical journals into print and distribution. The Atlantic Monthly, one of the oldest literary publications in the United States, has been in Boston for many years.

The economy is infused with the excitement of a productive economy that spans all industries producing an incredible variety of goods:computers, software, missiles and missile guidance systems, machinery, medical and navigational instruments, chemicals, metals, rubber products and clothing,ships, shoes and boots, textiles.

Boston's harbor and port activities defined the city in colonial days and the port has been active ever since. Watch the ships heading out and know that those ships are involved in the export of metals, petroleum products, automobiles, grains,and general container

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