The official tourism board of the New York City reported to a leading news website that about 13 million international travellers actually spend four times as much as that spent by the regional tourists of the U.S. during their trips to this city.
On a normal day, New York City embraces an overwhelming 175,000 to 180,000 tourists, as per Chris Heywood, Senior Vice President, global communications for NYC & Company.
Some of the top tourists are Australian and Brazilian tourists, contributing about $1.87 and $2 billion respectively in this region in 2015.
The Europeans had been among the top five spenders.
On the other hand, the British travellers to the Big Apple had an average spending of nearly $1.6 billion in the year 2015, while the French travellers spent $1.11 billion and the Germans had spent $1.1 billion.
Almost nine out of 10 foreign visitors generally go out for shopping as compared to lesser than three domestic visitors, as reported by the local media.
Shopping is, after all the most popular activity for the international tourists dropping into the New York City who come for sightseeing. However, this city is getting all geared up for a drop in revenue as it estimates that 300,000 lesser number of foreign visitors would arrive here as compared to the same in 2016.
Trump’s restrictive travel policies that limit travel from the Muslim-majority countries also play a crucial role in the number of international travellers visiting the city.
