About Atlanta

Welcome to Atlanta

City Lights, Southern Nights
www.atlanta.net/cedia

World-class restaurants, festive nightlife, seven professional sports teams and an abundance of exciting attractions and events help make Atlanta the center for entertainment in the South. Explore the city's role in the Civil War or the Civil Rights Movement at historical museums or explore new attractions such at the Georgia Aquarium or the New World of Coca-Cola. Visit some of our premier exhibitions like “King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” at the Atlanta Civic Center and “China’s Terra Cotta Warriors” at the High Museum of Art. Long known as a prime site for meetings, conventions and trade shows, Atlanta is much more than a meeting destination. Reasonably-priced hotels and the world’s busiest airport make visiting easy and affordable.

Blessed with a mild climate and southern hospitality, these Southern nights and city lights make an exciting destination year-round. From grits to glitz, there’s a myriad of ways to find your balance between business and pleasure in Atlanta.

Weather

Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Atlanta's warm climate allows for year-round outdoor excursions, as well as enjoyable sightseeing weather. With long and pleasant springs and falls, Atlanta has more abbreviated winters and summers. The average annual rainfall is around 48 inches, so Atlanta is also known for its lush greenery, foliage and shady trees. Please visit www.weather.com for an up-to-date weather report.

Sales and Hotel Tax Rates

The local sales tax rate is 8%. Total hotel tax = 15% (4% State Sales tax, 7% Occupancy Tax and 4% City Sales Tax).

Speed Limits

The State of Georgia Speed Restriction Code states that “No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard for the actual and potential hazards then existing.”

The maximum per hour speed in any urban or residential district is thirty miles per hour. All interstate highways inside the perimeter have a maximum speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour. Provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs, all other highways have a maximum speed of seventy miles per hour. All other locations, unless designated otherwise, have a maximum speed of fifty-five miles per hour.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Department of Aviation
6000 North Terminal Parkway Suite 435
Atlanta, GA 30320
Phone: (404) 209-1700

www.atlanta-airport.com

The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport bears the proud distinction of being "the world’s busiest passenger airport." The Airport has long been known as a major connecting hub serving numerous destinations around the globe. Since Atlanta is within a 2 hour flight of 80% of the U.S. population, there are over 2,761 arrivals and departures daily. Atlanta has 158 U.S. Destinations with nonstop service and 85 International Destinations with nonstop service.