Bello Nock has also put this own slant on New York City tourism.
"They're the ones that are supposed to be promoting tourism in New York, " he observed.
But even with one scary plot after another, New York has set record high numbers for tourism and residents.
Mr. Bloomberg said the administration will seek City Council legislation to make New York a more "youth-friendly tourism destination" by legalizing for-profit youth hostels that are common in Europe.
Was the New York Times silent as Congress consider the libel tourism bill signed into law earlier this month?
Tax rates may be on the rise, at least for hotels, said Bjorn Hanson, dean of the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management at New York University.
The Huffington Post reported tourism is up in downtown New York City where the Twin Towers stood, with a 10 percent increase in hotel and retail services in the area since 2001.
Bjorn Hanson, dean of New York University's Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management, says it may be in part because the U.S. has a greater number of budget hotels, from Comfort Inn to Econo Lodge.
New York remains the number one U.S. city destination for tourism spending.
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The airline undertook the big project in conjunction with New York City's latest marketing campaign, which is aimed at boosting tourism from overseas.
The answer may not be in the concept itself iced caramel macchiato crosses the counter as briskly in Cologne as it does in London or New York but in the deal that KarstadtQuelle, the German department store and tourism group, cut with Seattle-based Starbucks.
"Ten years ago when New York City prohibited smoking in restaurants and bars, many predicted the end of the hospitality, restaurant and tourism industries, " the mayor said in a statement on Wednesday to mark the introduction of the Smoke-Free Air Act in 2003.
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