Entered by Explore Seattle Southside

The city of SeaTac is one of Washington State's most culturally diverse cities, yet outside of the airport, hotels, and long-term parking lots, it has very few destination amenities to call its own.

More than 26 million travellers passthrough the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport each year, many passing a dense cluster of immigrant-owned restaurants and markets without ever knowing they exist. These businesses, representing Somali, Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Filipino, and other communities, were surviving on small, often single-community customer bases rather than thriving economically.