MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
A record 56.4 million tourists visited New York last year
“Our excellent quality of life, low levels of crime and constant dynamism continue to attract record tourism each year” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. A record 56.4 million tourists visited New York last year, drawn by its diverse culture, low crime and “dynamism,” and generating 61.3 billion for America's largest city, officials said this week.
The number of visitors tops the previous record of 54.3 million in 2013, with steady increases every year since 2009, city hall said.
More than 42 million tourists came from elsewhere in the United States, while among foreign visitors those from Britain, Canada, Brazil, France, China, Australia and Germany were the most common, in that order.
“Our excellent quality of life, low levels of crime and constant dynamism continue to attract record tourism each year, and 2014 was no exception,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The New York tourist industry employs 359,000 people and generates 21 billion in wages, city hall said.
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Read all commentsI love New York and have been five times.
Feb 04th, 2015 - 08:29 am 0So much for Nostrils 'experiencing life via the internet' fail!
There is no other city in the world like NYC. I love taking my SoAm friends there for the first time.
Feb 04th, 2015 - 03:50 pm 0Toby and the rest of the Kidots are gone. My guess is they either don't have internet or electricity.
Living there gives it a different view. But one can do anything there.
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