Lisbon is recognized as an alpha ceety acause o its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, airts, internaitional tred, education, an tourism. It is ane o the major economic centres on the continent, wi a growin financial centre an the lairgest/seicont lairgest container port in the ""Europe's Atlantic coast"", Lisbon Internaitional Airport serves aboot 13 million passengers per year, motorway network an hub o heich-speed rail (Alfa Pendular) linkin main ceeties in Portugal, an in 2013 will hae a rail's heich-speed connection tae Spain. Lisbon is the 25th maist livable ceety in the Warld accordin tae lifestyle magazine Monocle. The ceety is the seivent-maist-visitit ceety in Soothren Europe, efter Istanbul, Roum, Barcelona, Madrid, Athins, an Milan, wi aboot twa million tourists a year. The Lisbon region is the wealthiest region in Portugal, GDP PPP per capita is 26,100 euros (it is heicher results o 4.7% frae the average European Union's GDP PPP per caipita). It is the tent richest metropolitan aurie bi GDP on the continent amoontin tae 98 billion euros an thus €34,850 per caipita. This is 40% heicher than the average European Union's GDP per caipita. The ceety occupies 32nt place o heichest gross earnins in the warld. Maist o the heidquarters o multinaitionals in the kintra are locatit in the Lisbon aurie an it is the nint ceety in the warld in terms o quantity o internaitional conferences. It is an aa the poleetical centre o the kintra, as seat o Govrenment an residence of the Heid o State. The seat o the destrict o Lisbon an the centre o the Lisbon region.