New York City welcomed fewer tourists in 2021 than it had anticipated, its marketing agency NYC & Company announced today—even as the city trained its sights on a more normal 2022 that would put New York back in the mix as a popular destination.
For the whole of last year, 32.9 million visitors came to New York, according to figures released today by NYC & Company. In the fall of 2020—before three more waves of Covid-19 hit New York City—the agency had expected to welcome 38.2 million visitors in 2021.
There were 66.6 million tourists in 2019, a number that had been rising for more than a decade, contributing to
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