The Globe and Mail Published May 11, 2021 Updated May 11, 2021
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. There’s still a long way to go before the still-closed theatre district is mobbed with international travellers again.
Visitors to New York s Time Square pose for a photo with a street performer working for tips dressed as Batman, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. In recent weeks, tourism indicators for New York City like hotel occupancy and museum attendance that had fallen off a pandemic cliff have ticked up slightly. It s a welcome sight for a city where the industry has been decimated by the impact of the coron
Signs of optimism as NYC sees rise in tourism, bit by bit
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Visitors peek into the museum at the 9/11 Museum & Memorial, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in New York. In recent weeks, tourism indicators for New York City like hotel occupancy and museum attendance that had fallen off a pandemic cliff have ticked up slightly. It s a welcome sight for a city where the industry has been decimated by the impact of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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.
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Why It Matters: Charging Bull is a bronze statue put in front of Wall Street in 1987 as a symbol of America’s resilience after a stock market crash the same year by the artist Arturo Di Modica, USA Today reported.
A statue dubbed “Fearless Girl” was later installed in front of the bovine figure in 2017 as a part of commemorations on the International Women’s Day in 2017 by State Street Global Advisors, the investment management division of
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.
Visitors peek into the museum at the 9/11 Museum & Memorial, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in New York. In recent weeks, tourism indicators for New York City like hotel occupancy and museum attendance that had fallen off a pandemic cliff have ticked up slightly. It’s a welcome sight for a city where the industry has been decimated by the impact of the coronavirus.
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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.