New York City received 61.8 million tourists in 2023, a 93% recovery compared to pre-pandemic data, generating an economic impact of more than 74 billion dollarsas reported this Thursday by the official entity of turismo local.
According to a report by New York City Tourism + Conventions, tourism in the city is about to return to 2019 figures, when it received 66.6 million travelers.
New York City is back and this year’s tourism statistics show our economic recovery is gaining strength like never before.Eric Adams Mayor New York
According to the breakdown, the majority of visitors are Americans (about 51 million, almost 8% more year-on-year), but international visitors (about 10 million, almost 15% more) are the ones who spend the most, and They constitute almost half of tourist spending.
Tourism activity supported more than 380,000 jobs in the leisure and hospitality sectors, although the number of room nights sold in hotels is around 8% below 2019 record levels.
Travelers face exorbitant prices in accommodation after the New York City Mayor’s Office took restrictive measures against platforms such as Airbnbwhose hosts must register with the authorities and cannot rent entire apartments for less than 30 days without being present.
These restrictions have driven up hotel prices in the Big Apple even more and made accommodation offers migrate to less secure places such as Facebook, Marketplace and Craigslist, or customers moving to New Jersey.
Regarding the artistic and cultural sector, employment reached approximately 84,800 jobs, although Broadwaythe famous New York theater avenue, is having a hard time recovering and registered 16.8% fewer spectators in 2023 compared to the 2018-2019 season.
2024-01-04 21:50:00
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