New York City sees rise in tourism, bit by bit
By Deepti Hajela
NYC tourism recovery
In recent weeks, New York's hotel occupancy and museum attendance that had fallen off a pandemic cliff have ticked up slightly. These are welcome sights for the city's tourism industry, which was decimated by COVID-19. (By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) - The once-deserted steps outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art are filling up with visitors again. Hotel lobbies are losing their desolate feel. Downtown, people are back to taking selfies with the Charging Bull statue near Wall Street.
Tourists who vanished from New York City's museums, hotels and cultural attractions when the coronavirus pandemic hit a year ago are trickling back in as restrictions loosen.