For the past decade, the number of Chinese tourists visiting NYC has been on the rise, and of the city’s record-breaking 60.3 million visitors in 2016, more than 950,000 were from China. This is a “sevenfold increase since 2007,” reports the Times, which notes how the city’s tourism department, NYC & Company, is catering to the growing demographic, as they’re spending more freely than visitors from Europe who have seen the value of the euro decrease in comparison to the dollar. Back in 2007, there were 15 countries, including Switzerland and Israel, who had more visitors to NYC than China. But […]
Number of Chinese visitors continues to grow as NYC sets new tourism record : 6sqft