Talk:Timeline of Indian history
Vancouver Financial status
Vancouver is one of the nation's largest industrial centres. Port activities generate $9.7 billion in gross domestic product and $20.3 billion in economic output. Port Metro Vancouver, Canada's largest and most diversified port, does more than C$172 billion in trade with over 160 different trading economies annually.In recent years, Vancouver has become a centre for software development, biotechnology, aerospace, video game development, animation studios and television production and film industry. The city's strong focus on lifestyle and health culture also makes it a hub for many lifestyle-brands with Lululemon, and Ace, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Reigning Champ, and Nature's Path Organic Foods all founded and headquartered in Vancouver. Many visit to see the city's gardens, Stanley Park, Queen Elizabeth Park, VanDusen Botanical Garden and the mountains, ocean, forest and parklands which surround the city. Each year over a million people pass through Vancouver on cruise ship vacations, often bound for Alaska.
Since the 1990s, development of high-rise condominia in the downtown peninsula has been financed, in part, by an inflow of capital from Hong Kong immigrants due to the former colony's 1997 handover to China.Vancouver's scenic location makes it a major tourist destination.he city has adopted various strategies to reduce housing costs, including cooperative housing, legalized secondary suites, increased density and smart growth.
Concern was expressed that Vancouver's increasing homelessness problem would be exacerbated by the Olympics because owners of single room occupancy hotels, which house many of the city's lowest income residents, converted their properties to attract higher income residents and tourists. Another significant international event held in Vancouver, the 1986 World Exposition, received over 20 million visitors and added $3.7 billion to the Canadian economy.Some still-standing Vancouver landmarks, including the SkyTrain public transit system and Canada Place, were built as part of the exposition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Navyareddi (talk • contribs) 08:45, 23 August 2017 (UTC)