NY Braces Itself For Everyone And Their Mother
| 11 Nov 2014 | 01:18
New York City tourism hit an all time high this yearthats [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 hasnt become the wasteland people feared it would. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement that tourists contributed $24 billion to the citys economy this year alone, so lets all thank the camera-totin-stretch-pants-sportin tourists. New York officials now project the city will attract [50 million visitors](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061227/lf_afp/ustourismtravel_061227194505) a year by 2015.