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Chinatown in Canberra is referred to the place called Woolley Street in Dickson in Canberra. The street has a huge presence of Asian's making it more of an Asian region. The street has a strong feel towards the Chinese culture thus making it famous as the Chinatown of Canberra. Chinatown is the largest group centre in Canberra and a place filled with huge civic facilities and an important business center. The place is an important retail business centre with many business outlets as well. The area is dotted with a large number of Asian restaurants, Asian supermarkets and take away food outlets. The Woolley Street in the region has the maximum counts of the Asian landmarks reinforcing the fact of being called as Chinatown. The Chinatown presently is fast developing as an International spot for tourism for its multi cultural presence. This region has many offices which include Telstra's regional headquarters, The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), TransACT (a local telecommunications company) the ACT Motor Registry and the ACT Planning and Land Authority. Other than these the area is also home to numerous as banks, optometrists, cafés and restaurants, retail shops such as newsagents, greengrocers and butcheries. The food in the region makes it feel more in China. The numerous Chinese, Thai and Korean restaurants within the walk of 10-15 mins down the street makes it more of an Asian region than an Australian one.
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