Associated Press
Mohammed Hussein works at his hot dog vending cart in New York's Times Square late last month. Tourists are gradually returning to the Big Apple.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2021 1:00 am
NYC tourism industry glad as visitors return
DEEPTI HAJELA | Associated Press
NEW YORK – 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.