Bumper year for the Big Apple
New York City has reported another bumper year for visitor arrivals.
According to the latest figures, it welcomed an estimated 58.3 million visitors last year, up by 1.8 million visitors from 2014.
This included a record high of 12.3 million international visitors.
Hoteliers sold a record 33.7 million room-nights last year, up 4% on the previous year, while 6.1 million meetings and conventions delegates visited the City’s five boroughs in 2015.
NYC & Company said the top four international markets – the UK, Canada, Brazil and China – all grew last year with China expanding by 14%.
"The City continues to evolve, always offering fresh reasons to visit again and again, with more new developments on the horizon. However, with the continuing pressure on the global economy and the strengthening dollar, we will all need to work even harder in 2016 to sustain our competitive edge," said NYC & Company CEO Fred Dixon.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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