As the Southwest’s leading business and financial center, Dallas boasts the largest wholesale market in the world and is one of the top convention cities in the United States. Dallas is the #1 visitor destination in Texas. It encompasses 384 square miles of prairie. With over 65,000 hotel rooms ranging from first-class luxury to family pricing it offers a myriad of hotel choices. Dallas is the 9th largest city in the United States. The current city population is 1,208,318, the Metro population is 3,693,501, and the DFW Metro area is 5,476,351. DFW International Airport is the 4th busiest airport in the Nation with annual passengers of 59,412,217 and 2,300 flights per day. The airport is larger than the island of Manhattan. We have more domestic flights from DFW International Airport than any other city in the Nation.