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New York Tourism: New York City
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The City of New York is really five "cities," each with its own personality. As nearly everyone knows, there are five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island. Each has its own unique atmosphere. But when tourists, visitors, diplomats, artists, architects, business people, and virtually everyone else speaks of New York City, the first thoughts, images, and emotional reactions are of the borough of Manhattan. New York City is "The Big Apple," the city that never sleeps, the advertising, fashion, financial, and artistic capital of the world. No doubt this list is far from exhaustive!
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New York City tourism hit an all time high this year—that’s 44 million visitors on top of the 8-plus million residents you typically shove out of your way on the subway. Tourist numbers were expected to drop in the aftermath of 9/11, but clearly New York hasn’t become the wasteland people feared it would. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement that tourists contributed $24 billion to the city’s economy this year alone, so let’s all thank the camera-totin’-stretch-pants-sportin’ tourists. New York officials now project the city will attract 50 million visitors a year by 2015.
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[T]o New York City as a magnet for tourists comes Long Island, with its beaches, racetracks, and other recreational facilities. Attractions of the Hudson Valley include the US Military Academy (West Point), the Franklin D. Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, Bear Mountain State Park, and several wineries. North of Hudson Valley is Albany, with its massive government center, Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Plaza, often called the Albany Mall; Saratoga Springs, home of an arts center, racetrack, and spa; and the Adirondack region, with its forest preserve, summer and winter resorts, and abundant hunting and fishing. Northwest of the Adirondacks, in the St. Lawrence River, are the Thousand Islands—actually some 1,800 small islands extending over about 50 mi (80 km), and popular among freshwater fishermen and summer vacationers.
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New York's Finger Lakes are 2 hours from Niagara Falls, NY, and en route to/from New York City (about 6 hours). Lakes, wineries, events, Native American culture, charming villages, technical tours. See small town America. Package ideas!
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New York needs little introduction. The New York Metropolitan Area crosses the states of New York , New Jersey , Connecticut and Pennsylvania . A population of 22 million and one of the largest cities in the world. New York City is divided into five boroughs of Manhattan , Brooklyn Queens The Bronx and Staten Island . Visitors are mainly interested in Manhattan Island which is long and narrow and in the middle of the New York harbour.
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New York City is the primary travel destination in the state. In 2001, there were 35.2 million visitors to New York City, including 5.7 million international visitors. A typical visit to New York City might include a boat ride to the Statue of Liberty—a three-hour boat ride around Manhattan; visits to the World Trade Center, the Empire State Building, the UN, Rockefeller Center, and the New York Stock Exchange; walking tours of the Bronx Zoo, Chinatown, and the theater district; and a sampling of the city's many museums, restaurants, shops, and shows.
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