Confirm dial tone 3. This is a reference guide to Durham for visitors. From a visitor viewpoint it summarizes things to see and do, places to stay and eat, features and entertainment, annual events, maps and visitor services. Durham is at the pinnacle of a vast Triangle region of North Carolina, formed along with Chapel Hill to the south and west and Raleigh, the State Capital, to the south and east. The Triangle region is ranked among the best places in the nation to live and to do business.
Visitors are important to Durham.
With 223,314 residents and 2,000 visitor-related businesses and organizations, Durham annually hosts nearly 5 million visitors.