Calgary is a largest city present in province of Alberta, Canada which is a grassland region. It is situated exactly to the south of this province and is present amidst high plains and foot hills located approximately 50 miles apart from the front ranges of Canadian Rockies. In Canada, Calgary is the third largest civic municipality in terms of population. Calgary is a renowned place for ecotourism and winter sports. The city has many mountain resorts and metropolitan area. Petroleum industries are the major factor contributing to the economic growth of this city. In the year 1902, oil was discovered in Alberta. But it was not considered of much significance until huge reserves of oil were found out in the year 1947. Hence the city’s economy depends much on Oil. This has also resulted in providing more employment opportunity to the localities present over there. But then with the subsequent drop of oil prices occurred, the economy as well as the employment rates soared to a greater extent in Calgary. It was even said that the city’s economy bloomed in 1981’s due to significant demand in oil. But at the end of another decade the economy got stabilized. Apart from the other sources contributing to economic development of Calgary include agriculture, high-tech industries and tourism. It was at this juncture that Calgary quickly thought about the need to diversify both economically as well as culturally. This transition had helped the city to transform into a main cosmopolitan and a diverse center. It is really worth to note that Calgary is first Canadian city to host Winter Olympic Games in the year 1988. With this transition Calgary conducted the fifteenth Winter Olympic Games in which the success of the Olympic Games was accounted to the city being placed at a world stage. This growth was continuing even in the year 2008 which led to significant economic growth of this city along with its 1.1 million people. The place is also well-known for festival celebrations and many other fascinations. The famous among these is the Calgary Stampede where nearly 1.2 million visitors witness this grandeur and festival event. Along with it rodeo and exhibition are also conducted. The famous mountain resorts like Canmore, Lake Louise and Banff attract a potential number of tourists to the city. Because of its economic fertility and abundance in prosperity the people in this city are said to live high quality lives in which many surveys reveal. Not only that it also ranked the number one cleanest city in the world according to the Forbes Magazine published in the year 2007.
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