NYC & Company, the City’s official marketing, tourism and partnership organisation, is visiting Mumbai and Delhi to present the ‘New’ New York to the consumer and travel media. He will highlight brand-new attractions such as the One World Observatory (opened May 29), the Whitney Museum of American Art (May 1), the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration (May 20), this month’s Number 7 line Hudson Yards subway station opening and promotion of the city’s multi-cultural five borough neighborhoods through NYC & company’s new NYCGO Insider Guides. In addition he will also talk about the multiple new hotel openings and extensive infrastructure improvements.
Christopher Heywood, senior vice president of Global Communications, NYC & Company said, “It is a particularly exciting time in New York, with stimulating new attractions and amazing hotel openings. The City is constantly evolving and with these new developments there is even more to look forward to. New York City is a year round destination, we want to encourage visitors to enjoy these brand new attractions along with unique events happening in the City during the holiday season and take advantage of the City’s affordable pricing during winter.”
Heywood’s visit coincides with a NYC & Company travel trade mission across India from September 7–11, where NYC & Company’s Global Tourism Development team along with NYC member companies The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Empire State Building will meet with key travel agents and tour operators in Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi.
Makiko Matsuda Healy, senior vice-president, Global Tourism Development said, “New York City welcomed an estimated 263,000 visitors from India in 2014, reflecting a growth of 12 per cent since the previous year. We want to continue to build on the past growth and help realise the potential we see in the Indian market.”
In 2014, New York City reached an all-time record 56.4 million visitors. Visitors to the City generated an estimated US$61.3 billion in economic impact to the local economy and the City’s hotel sector reached 102,000 hotel rooms last year. New York City is the nation’s number one big city destination, the number one port-of-entry for foreign visitors, the number one city for tourism spending, and has the highest share of overseas visitation to the US.