NYC & Company, the city’s official tourism arm, announced that a record 65.2 million visitors came to NYC last year, the New York Times reports. Most of those visitors came from other parts of the United States, and the largest number of foreigners visited from Great Britain (1.24 million) and China (1.1 million).
That number is a jump from the 62.8 million tourists who came to the city in 2017, and is part of a larger pattern of growth—this is the ninth straight year that the city’s tourism numbers have gone up. Out-of-towners spent $44 billion in New York City last year.
That pattern of growth is likely to continue this year, as major events—both old and new—continue to draw tourists to the Big Apple. NYC & Company estimates that as many as 67 million out-of-towners will come to the city in 2019.
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