City appeals to visitors and students from overseas

Students are back in town for the new academic year and amongst them are many overseas students.

We met many of these at a reception in New Walk Museum recently and they included individuals from France, China, Japan, the United States, Nigeria, Ghana and many other countries. All seemed keen to explore Leicester and get to know the cultural and social scene.

More recently, many people from outside Leicester joined us for the Switch On of the Diwali Lights in Belgrave Road.

This week we are also entertaining a group of Dutch teachers from Rotterdam in the city, as well as another group of Bulgarian teachers from our twin city of Haskovo.

It is encouraging to find so many people from overseas visiting our city and taking a real interest in our history, our cultural diversity, our restaurants and our leisure centres.

We also encourage visitors to join our tours of the Town Hall on the first Wednesday of each month starting at the entrance to the Town Hall at 2pm. For more information or to book, please contact Wyndham Price, Corporate Premises Manager on +44 (0)116 252 8055.