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NYC's Once-Mighty Tourism Industry Shows First Signs of Revival
BloombergLike the tulips blooming on Park Avenue, tourists are finally returning to New York City’s once desolate streets.
Tatiana Montalvo, a first grade teacher on her spring break, drove from Washington, D.C., where the museums are still closed. She wandered the galleries of the Museum of Modern Art, strolled through Central Park, trekked across the Brooklyn Bridge, took the subway and ate lots of Italian food.
Such visitors mark a welcome shift after the pandemic dealt a blow to New York’s tourism industry, which supports 400,000 jobs and $70 billion in annual economic activity.
Tourists like Montalvo and her boyfriend, Raymond Selden are enjoying a quieter city without crowds, as well as hotel rooms that can cost half or a third as much as before Covid-19.
“I thought it would be difficult to get around, but it’s been very easy and fun to navigate,” said Selden, an emergency medical technician, as the couple -- both in their early 20s -- made their way through the museum’s galleries.
Tatiana Montalvo, a first grade teacher on her spring break, drove from Washington, D.C., where the museums are still closed. She wandered the galleries of the Museum of Modern Art, strolled through Central Park, trekked across the Brooklyn Bridge, took the subway and ate lots of Italian food.
Such visitors mark a welcome shift after the pandemic dealt a blow to New York’s tourism industry, which supports 400,000 jobs and $70 billion in annual economic activity.
Tourists like Montalvo and her boyfriend, Raymond Selden are enjoying a quieter city without crowds, as well as hotel rooms that can cost half or a third as much as before Covid-19.
“I thought it would be difficult to get around, but it’s been very easy and fun to navigate,” said Selden, an emergency medical technician, as the couple -- both in their early 20s -- made their way through the museum’s galleries.
