Tourism in New York City could take FIVE years to return to normal with visitors predicted to only start returning in mid-2021 as the $46 BILLION industry faces wipe out
Tourism in New York City could take five years to return to normal with new forecasts predicting visitors will only start returning to the Big Apple in mid-2021. The industry faces being wiped out - along with its $46 billion revenue stream and 400,000 jobs - as the coronavirus pandemic continues to surge throughout the United States. NYC & Company, the city's tourism promotion agency, say it is likely to be 2025 before the number of foreign visitors to the Big Apple reaches the 2019 heights - when a record 66.6 million visitors flooded the city, 13.5 million of which were international. Its CEO, Fred Dixon, told The New York Times: 'It's going to be a very slow build initially.' New York City has recorded more than 287,000 cases of the coronavirus and 24,124 deaths. Tourism in New York City could take five years to return to normal with new forecasts predicting visitors will only start returning to the Big Apple in mid-2021. A nearly empty 7th Avenue in Times S