Darrin
2011-12-28 09:13:52 UTC
From The Physical Graffiti building/album cover to The Song Remains
The Same at MSG, the same city that has made many a rock star,
including Zep:
Excerpt from: http://tinyurl.com/7hq3mn6 (NY Daily News, Saturday
Edition)
DOMESTIC VISITORS:
More than 39 million domestic visitors now come to NYC.
57% of them come from within a five-hour drive.
30% come from the state of New York.
41% come from the New York metro area.
New York has overtaken Orlando as the No. 1 domestic-city travel
destination for the first time in 20 years.
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS:
New York accounts for 33% of all overseas travel to the US - more than
L.A. and Miami combined.
Tourism is New York's fifth-largest industry and the fastest economic-
growth sector, supporting 320,000 jobs (6,500 more than last year).
HOTEL ROOMS:
2006: 72,625
2011: 90,000
AVERAGE DAILY SPENDING PER DOMESTIC VISITOR: $233
AVERAGE DAILY SPENDING PER INTERNATIONAL VISITOR: $206
COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST VISITORS TO NY:
GREAT BRITAIN: 1,055,000
CANADA: 977,000
FRANCE: 596,000
BRAZIL: 589,000
GERMANY: 528,000
NY DAILY NEWS
December 18, 2011
Sunday Edition
HELLO, 50 MILLION! ON TRACK FOR TOURISM RECORD AS THE WORLD FLOCKS TO
NYC By Christina Boyle
ANY DAY NOW, New York's 50 millionth visitor of 2011 will arrive in
the city - the highest total ever in a single year.
It's a landmark moment for Mayor Bloomberg, who made this a key
priority when he took office in 2002.
The visitors who flock to New York come from across the United
States
and from countries around the globe.
They attend Broadway shows, visit museums, eat at restaurants and
generate $47 billion in revenue annually, city records show.
"New York is the opposite of where we live, which is very country
and
nothing like this," said Jackie Gonzalez, 30, who recently spent an
afternoon in Times Square with her husband and two young kids as part
of their four-night stay in New York.
The U.K. has the highest number of foreign tourists who traveled to
New York, followed by Canada, France, Brazil and Germany.
Rosaline Marshall, 67, from Wales, had dreams of visiting New York
City since childhood. She finally got the chance last week to hop on
a
flight to Kennedy Airport with her friend Yvonne Lloyd, 57.
The pair spent five days in the city, and managed to find time to
visit nearly every major tourist attraction, ride the Staten Island
Ferry and take a helicopter ride and an open top bus tour.
They felt like movie stars riding in a horse and carriage around
Central Park, and each spent about $3,000 on flights, lodging,
sightseeing and shopping.
"I told myself that when I leave New York, I'm not taking a penny
home with me, and I won't be," said Marshall, who is retired. I'm not
missing out on anything in New York. It's something I've wanted to do
all my life, and it has exceeded my expectations."
The Same at MSG, the same city that has made many a rock star,
including Zep:
Excerpt from: http://tinyurl.com/7hq3mn6 (NY Daily News, Saturday
Edition)
DOMESTIC VISITORS:
More than 39 million domestic visitors now come to NYC.
57% of them come from within a five-hour drive.
30% come from the state of New York.
41% come from the New York metro area.
New York has overtaken Orlando as the No. 1 domestic-city travel
destination for the first time in 20 years.
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS:
New York accounts for 33% of all overseas travel to the US - more than
L.A. and Miami combined.
Tourism is New York's fifth-largest industry and the fastest economic-
growth sector, supporting 320,000 jobs (6,500 more than last year).
HOTEL ROOMS:
2006: 72,625
2011: 90,000
AVERAGE DAILY SPENDING PER DOMESTIC VISITOR: $233
AVERAGE DAILY SPENDING PER INTERNATIONAL VISITOR: $206
COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST VISITORS TO NY:
GREAT BRITAIN: 1,055,000
CANADA: 977,000
FRANCE: 596,000
BRAZIL: 589,000
GERMANY: 528,000
NY DAILY NEWS
December 18, 2011
Sunday Edition
HELLO, 50 MILLION! ON TRACK FOR TOURISM RECORD AS THE WORLD FLOCKS TO
NYC By Christina Boyle
ANY DAY NOW, New York's 50 millionth visitor of 2011 will arrive in
the city - the highest total ever in a single year.
It's a landmark moment for Mayor Bloomberg, who made this a key
priority when he took office in 2002.
The visitors who flock to New York come from across the United
States
and from countries around the globe.
They attend Broadway shows, visit museums, eat at restaurants and
generate $47 billion in revenue annually, city records show.
"New York is the opposite of where we live, which is very country
and
nothing like this," said Jackie Gonzalez, 30, who recently spent an
afternoon in Times Square with her husband and two young kids as part
of their four-night stay in New York.
The U.K. has the highest number of foreign tourists who traveled to
New York, followed by Canada, France, Brazil and Germany.
Rosaline Marshall, 67, from Wales, had dreams of visiting New York
City since childhood. She finally got the chance last week to hop on
a
flight to Kennedy Airport with her friend Yvonne Lloyd, 57.
The pair spent five days in the city, and managed to find time to
visit nearly every major tourist attraction, ride the Staten Island
Ferry and take a helicopter ride and an open top bus tour.
They felt like movie stars riding in a horse and carriage around
Central Park, and each spent about $3,000 on flights, lodging,
sightseeing and shopping.
"I told myself that when I leave New York, I'm not taking a penny
home with me, and I won't be," said Marshall, who is retired. I'm not
missing out on anything in New York. It's something I've wanted to do
all my life, and it has exceeded my expectations."