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Only a 25 minute drive from downtown Vancouver on the Canada Line rapid transit system and home to the Vancouver International Airport (YVR), Richmond is an affordable and accessible West Coast convention destination.
Local highlights
- Declared by everyone from the New York Times to Conde Nast Traveler as having the “best Chinese food outside of China,” diners can enjoy dim sum and then some at over 400+ Asian eateries.
- Richmond’s popular Summer Night Market was recently named one of the world’s best by Travel + Leisure Magazine and attracts nightly crowds of 20,000 with its quirky vendor stalls, live entertainment and varied Asian street food.
- The Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site is one of the few remaining 19th century salmon canneries on the BC coast and is now a working museum commemorating the West Coast fishing industry.
Sample Experiences
- Enjoy a complimentary morning mediation session at the International Buddhist Temple, one of the largest and most ornate Buddhist temples in North America
- Team build and enjoy a friendly bout of badminton, volleyball, basketball, table tennis or climb the largest indoor climbing wall at the state-of-the-art Richmond Olympic Oval
- Embark upon a memorable nature adventure with one of Richmond’s two whale-watching tour companies departing from historic Steveston Village harbor.
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