New York City

=== Tourism ===
{{main|Tourism in New York City}}
[[File:Times_Square,_Broadway,_May_2016.jpg|thumb|[[Times Square]] is one of the world's leading tourist attractions with 50&nbsp;million tourists annually.<ref name=NYCvisitors/>]]
Tourism is a vital industry for New York City, and [[NYC & Company|NYC Tourism + Conventions]] represents the city's official bureau of tourism.<ref>[https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/NYC-and-Company-changes-its-name "NYC & Company is now New York City Tourism + Conventions"], ''Travel Weekly'', March 28, 2023. Accessed January 17, 2024. "New York City's official destination marketing organization has changed its name to New York City Tourism + Conventions, dropping the NYC & Company name it's held since 1999."</ref> New York has witnessed a growing combined volume of international and domestic tourists, with as many as 66.6&nbsp;million visitors to the city per year, including as many as 13.5&nbsp;million visitors from outside the United States, with the highest numbers from the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, and China.<ref name=Tourism2021/> Multiple sources have called New York the most photographed city in the world.<ref name="NYCMostPhotographed1">{{cite web |date = January 19, 2022 |title = History in Photos: New York is the Most Photographed City in the World |url = https://nycity.media/history/history-in-photos-new-york-is-the-most-photographed-city-in-the-world.html |access-date = December 4, 2022 |quote = Not eliminate how many photos you have done well with your digital cameras, cell phones, and smartphones. And also in the professional area, New York has a non-sealing charm for filmmakers and photographers..Every year, there are 40,000 shoots for advertising, cinema films, TV shows, series, music videos, documentation. New York is considered the most photographed city in the world. And yet photographers, again and again, manage to take a new perspective in the megacity, to avoid an unusual motif to create an optics that fascinates. }}</ref><ref name="NYCMostPhotographed2">{{cite web |title = The Most Photographed Places In The World Based On Traveler Data |url = https://www.expedia.com/stories/most-photographed-places-in-the-world/ |access-date = December 3, 2022 |publisher = Expedia |quote = With visitors taking a slice of the Big Apple back home on their camera reel, it's hardly surprising that New York is the most photographed city in the world. }}</ref><ref name="NYCMostPhotographed3">{{cite news |last1 = Swanson |first1 = Ana |date = August 26, 2015 |title = The world's most photographed places |newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/26/the-worlds-most-photographed-places/ |access-date = September 25, 2022 }}</ref> ''[[I Love New York]]'' (stylized I <span style="color:red;">❤</span> NY) is both a [[logo]] and a song that are the basis of an [[advertising campaign]] and have been used since 1977 to promote [[tourism in New York City]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.believermag.com/issues/200309/?read=interview_glaser |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150619204157/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200309/?read=interview_glaser |title = Chip Kidd talks with Milton Glaser |work = [[The Believer (magazine)|The Believer]] |date = September 2003 |access-date = July 8, 2015 |archive-date = June 19, 2015 }}</ref> and later to promote New York State as well. The [[trademark]]ed logo is owned by [[Empire State Development Corporation|New York State Empire State Development]].<ref>{{cite web |date = September 26, 2013 |title = I Love New York Logo |url = http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/emblems/iluvny.htm |access-date = July 8, 2015 |publisher = [[New York State Education Department]] |archive-date = September 6, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906091226/http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/emblems/iluvny.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref>

Many [[Lists of New York City landmarks|districts and monuments]] in New York City are major landmarks, including three of the world's ten-most-visited tourist attractions in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World's Most Visited Tourist Attractions, Ranked |url=https://www.farandwide.com/s/most-visited-tourist-destinations-bc849c0424864219 |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Farandwide.com |language=en}}</ref> A record 66.6&nbsp;million tourists visited New York City in 2019, bringing in $47.4&nbsp;billion in tourism revenue. Visitor numbers dropped by two-thirds in 2020 during the pandemic, rebounding to 63.3&nbsp;million in 2023.<ref name=Tourism2021>[https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/tourism-industry-new-york-city ''The Tourism Industry in New York City Reigniting the Return''], [[New York State Comptroller]] [[Thomas DiNapoli]], April 2021. Accessed December 29, 2023. "After reaching a record high of 66.6 million visitors in 2019 and generating $47.4 billion in spending, the number of visitors to New York City dropped by 67 percent and their spending declined by 73 percent in 2020.... New York City hosted 66.6 million visitors in 2019 (about 25 percent of the State's 265.5 million visitors that year), a tenth-consecutive annual record. In 2020, the pandemic and related behavioral and governmental restrictions caused the number to drop to 22.3 million, a 67 percent reduction (see Figure 1)."</ref><ref>David, Greg. [https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/09/05/tourists-china-hotel-rates/ "Tourists Are Back to NYC in Big Numbers"], [[The City (website)|The City]], September 5, 2023. Accessed December 29, 2023. "But the city will not surpass its 2019 record of 66.6 million visitors because once-numerous travelers from China remain few and far between and Americans are flocking to Europe in unprecedented numbers.... Still, the numbers show a rebound with the official forecast from the tourism agency NYC & Co. still predicting 63.3 million visitors this year, up 12% from last year."</ref> Major landmarks in New York City include the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], the [[Statue of Liberty]], the [[Empire State Building]], and Central Park.<ref>[https://www.lux-review.com/most-popular-landmarks-in-new-york/ Most Popular Landmarks in New York], ''LUXlife Magazine'', November 5, 2021</ref> Times Square is the brightly illuminated hub of the [[Theater District, Manhattan|Broadway Theater District]],<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title = Times Square |encyclopedia = [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |url = https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/596253/Times-Square |access-date = May 10, 2011 }}</ref> and a major center of the world's [[entertainment industry]].<ref>{{Cite web |title = New York Architecture Images—Midtown Times Square |url = http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID-TimesSquare3.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170125164419/http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID-TimesSquare3.htm |archive-date = January 25, 2017 |access-date = May 10, 2011 |publisher = 2011 nyc-architecture }}</ref> that attracts 50&nbsp;million visitors annually to one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections.<ref name=NYCvisitors>Alikpala, Gidget. [https://en.as.com/latest_news/the-top-10-most-visited-tourist-attractions-in-the-usa-n/ "The top 10 most visited tourist attractions in the USA"], ''[[As (newspaper)|As]]'', September 4, 2023. Accessed January 13, 2024. "Central Park, New York- 42 million annual visitors... Times Square, New York- 50 million annual visitors. At number one is Times Square, one of the most iconic locations in the world."</ref>