City on track to attract 50 million tourists by 2015.Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Bloomberg A major global provider of 24-hour financial news and information including real-time and historic price data, financials data, trading news and analyst coverage, as well as general news and sports. announced that an estimated 44 million people from around the country and the world visited New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. in 2006. The total surpasses the 41 million tourists that were estimated to have visited the City in 2005 at this time last year. It also tops the 43 million tourists projected to visit in 2006 at the beginning of the year, and represents a major step towards the City's goal of attracting 50 million tourists by 2015. NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City & Company projects that tourists spent $24 billion in the City in 2006, supporting nearly 350,000 jobs. The announcement comes just days after NYC & Company completed phase one of the City's first international tourism campaign, NYC OPEN/BOOK. The second phase, which began January 2, will expand the marketing campaign to Italy, Ireland, and Spain. "The 44 million people who came to New York City in 2006 are an invaluable engine helping drive the City's economy," said Mayor Bloomberg. "New Yorkers from waiters and waitresses to hotel workers are supported by the millions of people that come here from around the world to experience the Big Apple. We set an ambitious target of attracting 50 million tourists by 2015, and judging by NYC & Company's success with innovative marketing campaigns like NYC OPEN/ BOOK, we are well on our way to achieving our goal." The 2006 estimates include 37 million domestic visitors and 7 million visitors from other countries, including 1.2 million visitors from the United Kingdom, the City's number one international market. Tourism from Ireland has more than doubled since 2000, and travel from Spain, Holland, Australia and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. is rising steadily and expected to continue to grow. Between Christmas and New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. , an estimated 1.25 million international visitors came to the City. With the focus on new opportunities and emerging markets, NYC & Company projects a total of 45.5 million tourists for 2007, a gain of 3.2% over this year. NYC & Company revises its estimates as more information becomes available; the estimate for 2005 of 41 million tourists was revised upwards to 42.6 million tourists. "The destination marketing and tourism industries have become increasing crowded and competitive," said NYC & Company chairman Jonathan Tisch Jonathan M. Tisch has been Chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels since 1989, as well as being Co-Chairman of the Board and Member of the Office of the President of Loews Corporation, its parent company. He is the son of Founder Robert (Bob) Tisch. . "The marketplace demands that cities--even New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City--keep up with those changes. We must be smart, nimble nim·ble adj. nim·bler, nim·blest 1. Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft: nimble fingers. See Synonyms at dexterous. 2. and strategic to succeed. NYC OPEN/BOOK is an innovative effort to bring more visitors to NYC during identified need periods." |
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