NEW YORK (WABC) If people continue to be vaccinated at the current pace, New York City tourism officials predict up to 38 million visitors will travel to the city in 2021. That is up dramatically from last year, but still only about half the amount of people who visited in 2019.
New York City needs tourism to survive and the industry employs more than 400,000 people in the Tri-State area.
Tourism was one of the hardest-hit industries, but also an industry economists say could be the first to bounce back. They have expected an increase of visitors beginning this spring. Hopefully by the holiday season we will see a return of tourists, a return of all the restaurants, certainly a return of radio city music hall, Broadway shows, because that s what we really need, said Barbara Denham, a Senior CRE Economist with Moody s Analytics.
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) New York City s goal is to fully vaccinate 5 million New Yorkers by June.
That s what Mayor Bill de Blasio said Saturday afternoon during a celebration of a new vaccination site in the Bronx. Bronx is going to help lead the way, lead the way in the recovery of New York City, he said.
When the Co-Op City site reaches full strength, de Blasio says 1,000 will be vaccinated every day in the community. What a difference maker that will be, he said.
According to the mayor, Co-Op City is one of the first places to do homebound senior vaccinations.
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) New York City s goal is to fully vaccinate 5 million New Yorkers by June.
That s what Mayor Bill de Blasio said Saturday afternoon during a celebration of a new vaccination site in the Bronx. Bronx is going to help lead the way, lead the way in the recovery of New York City, he said.
When the Co-Op City site reaches full strength, de Blasio says 1,000 will be vaccinated every day in the community. What a difference maker that will be, he said.
According to the mayor, Co-Op City is one of the first places to do homebound senior vaccinations.