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Houston is served by three airports: the George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), the Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR), and the William P. Hobby International Airport (HOU). San Antonio is a three-hour drive to the west, while Dallas is 239 miles to the north. Houston satellite cities and suburbs include Humble, Baytown, La Porte, Texas City, Jersey Village, Addicks, Hedwig Village, Copperfield Place, Mission, Sugar Land, and Conroe.

Houston’s diverse economy centers on energy, healthcare, aeronautics, transportation, and oil. Multiple Fortune 500 companies call the city home, and the city port handles the most international waterborne tonnage in the United States. Nasa’s Johnston Center (Mission Control) is also located in Houston. 

You can find a festival or event in Houston at any time of year. Houston hosts the Livestock Show and Rodeo--the largest event of its time in the world. Other festivals include the Bayou City Art Festival, Children’s Festival, Houston Film Festival, Art Car Parade, Latino Book and Family Festival, Greek Festival and Texas Renaissance Festival. The city hosts many national, regional and local conventions, with millions of people visiting the George R. Brown Convention Center every year.

If you prefer museums, Houston has an entire district dedicated to them. The Museum District includes nineteen museums, art galleries, and other attractions, including the Houston Center for Photography,  Menil Collection, Rothko Chapel, Asia Society Texas Center, Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, Czech Center Museum of Houston, Diverseworks, Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Lawndale Art Center, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Jung Center, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston,  Houston Zoo, Children’s Museum of Houston, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Rice University Gallery and the Health Museum.

Outside the Museum District, you can find the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, the USS Texas, the Johnson Space Center Houston and Mission Control, and NASA’s Astronaut Training and Flight Control Complex. The Houston Arboretum and Nature Center offer visitors tranquil beauty, as do the Cockrell Butterfly Center and Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens. If you prefer adrenaline-pumping entertainment, try the KEMAH Boardwalk, Wet’n’Wild Splashtown, Sam Houston Race Park, or Six Flags AstroWorld.

Ready to shop ‘til you drop? Houston’s three-level Galleria mall houses dozens of your favorite stores and a public ice rink. Other popular shopping destinations include Green Street, the Shops of Houston, Memorial Park Mall, 19th Street, Westheimer, and the Rice and Highland Villages. And if you get hungry while you’re out, you’ll have no problem finding food: Houston boasts over 11,000 eateries, with many serving local Tex-Mex and Cajun favorites. 

Sports Fans are spoiled for choice in Houston. You can catch a football game with the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium, or check out the Houston Rockets as they dominate the basketball court at the Toyota Center. If baseball's your passion, the Houston Astros play at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Dynamos provide hard-hitting hockey action at BBVA Compass Stadium.

We understand that not every visit to Houston is for pleasure or business. Houston is a hub for some of the best medicine, doctors and medical facilities in the country, with facilities such as the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston Methodist Hospital, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center all conveniently located. 

Houston is known for long, hot, humid summer, with temperatures often above 90℉. Winters are mild, and snow is an uncommon occurrence. The city receives plenty of rainfall from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and can see severe thunderstorms.