tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post1668618335002897398..comments2024-03-29T07:44:37.530-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Report: Record number of tourists to NYC will continue breaking recordsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-81811208816012886502016-03-16T00:27:56.247-04:002016-03-16T00:27:56.247-04:00Giovanni is totally correct, worked @ NYC & Co...Giovanni is totally correct, worked @ NYC & Company for yrs - they routinely create false numbers & manipulate what they can't outright falsify. All with our tax dollars (& hefty "membership" fees the hotels must cough up).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69534218012452564712016-03-15T04:59:21.462-04:002016-03-15T04:59:21.462-04:00Air BnB hotels rejoice. Ill invest in another lock...Air BnB hotels rejoice. Ill invest in another lock and ear plugs.LPIFLYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577195599032306763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-22626977476074364992016-03-12T10:49:17.223-05:002016-03-12T10:49:17.223-05:00@Giovanni
I agree that number is exaggerated.
@...@Giovanni<br /><br />I agree that number is exaggerated. <br /><br />@ 218<br /><br />Also factor-in Airbnb totals.JQ LLCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-67680651571353991692016-03-11T17:18:42.893-05:002016-03-11T17:18:42.893-05:00NYC. Land of dreams and money. NYC. Land of dreams and money. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-45773277426501796602016-03-10T16:06:32.778-05:002016-03-10T16:06:32.778-05:00@ 2:18 Sorry calculator jockey but your math just ...@ 2:18 Sorry calculator jockey but your math just doesn't add up. The average international traveler stays here 7 days, while domestic travelers stay on average for 3 days. International travelers make up 20% of the total so let's call the average stay 4 days. Divide your 84 million beds by four and that's 21 million beds available at a 100% occupancy rate (vs the actual occupancy rate of 89%) leaving the other 40 million tourists sleeping on someone's couch or under a bridge, or more likely on a bus back to Pennsylvania. In any case you missed the whole point. Most of these people aren't tourists, they are transients passing though on a tour bus clogging the streets, but they make the tourism board's PR look more impressive, so mission accomplished.Giovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061991537085810824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-15304974218031449492016-03-10T14:18:41.202-05:002016-03-10T14:18:41.202-05:00Giovanni > NYC has 115,000 hotel rooms. Most a... Giovanni > NYC has 115,000 hotel rooms. Most are occupied by at least 2 people. 115,000 x 2 = 330,000 x 365 = 83,950,000. Math is so hard!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-27340854445234418212016-03-10T14:04:35.291-05:002016-03-10T14:04:35.291-05:00Exactly. I am sick of the commenters whining and ...Exactly. I am sick of the commenters whining and bitching. Enough. Get a life. And shut up. Think and say something positive. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-33016188525711519352016-03-10T14:04:04.151-05:002016-03-10T14:04:04.151-05:00I don't get the endless excitement over the Hi...I don't get the endless excitement over the High Line. It's nice. But its not Niagara Falls. Or Central Park... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-40512230083347623322016-03-10T13:34:34.053-05:002016-03-10T13:34:34.053-05:00NYC isn't just now becoming a "theme park...NYC isn't just now becoming a "theme park" -- this has been underway since the late 70s. And leaving the city, or country, won't help because it's happening everywhere. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-23920473238894117882016-03-10T13:32:03.822-05:002016-03-10T13:32:03.822-05:00Another EV Gripe classic. Nothing satisfies the ex...Another EV Gripe classic. Nothing satisfies the extremely small number of regular commentators on this blog. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-62808104671286551762016-03-10T12:09:26.937-05:002016-03-10T12:09:26.937-05:00
Move out of the world! It is becoming inhospitab...<br />Move out of the world! It is becoming inhospitable to human (and other animal) life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-74431621065716396392016-03-10T11:18:09.216-05:002016-03-10T11:18:09.216-05:00I agree with one of the last commenters. The High...I agree with one of the last commenters. The High Line, The Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, and anything around 34th street are places I avoid. Although, I did visit the High Line last month during a rain storm. There was one woman several feet in front of me. That was it. No one was behind. It was blissful. I could actually walk without anyone bumping into me or taking a picture. I almost jumped with glee because it felt I had the entire High Line to myself. The only time I choose to visit now is during a storm where tourists don't dare to go out. Sad right? <br /><br />I've been here since 2000. And there has been an enormous amount of people visiting from abroad and the US over the last decade. While this might be good for consumerism, it is irritating for residents such as who pay a lot to live here. I don't dare visit museums unless it is early or late. <br /><br />NYC has changed. It is becoming a theme park for tourists and a playground for the elite and wealthy. :(<br /><br />Maybe I should move out of the country? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-19340230310911364322016-03-10T10:04:26.662-05:002016-03-10T10:04:26.662-05:00take the L train to Williamsburg before it shuts d...take the L train to Williamsburg before it shuts down!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-34425511983673173192016-03-10T09:20:05.121-05:002016-03-10T09:20:05.121-05:00@Giovanni
How's the weather up there on your ...@Giovanni<br /><br />How's the weather up there on your horse?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-87666412323955298152016-03-10T08:56:36.906-05:002016-03-10T08:56:36.906-05:00The insane number of tourist just follows hyper ge...The insane number of tourist just follows hyper gentrification as the worst thing about living in NYC these days. Everything built today is aimed at attracting the hordes of tourist example the High Line. Museums are now hideously swamped by them, foodie restaurants, even a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge any day of the year looks like a march for a charity. There was a time when avoiding the obvious (3 blocks surrounding the Empire State Bldg) Macys, Times Square and the Staten Island (Liberty Island) Ferry was enough. My block has nothing but Air BNB visitors every weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-63685155959747458882016-03-10T08:45:41.930-05:002016-03-10T08:45:41.930-05:00And the chief executive of New York's tourism-...And the chief executive of New York's tourism-marketing agency is in Berlin making this announcement, of curse! And said agency was the one responsible for making Tay Tay NYC's ambassador, and it's doing a splendid job, just look at that picture! And expect more of those out-of-towners in their blessed green washing machine alternate mode of transportation machines to be in the Bronx or your neighborhood they're making tourists to get out of Manhattan -- there is no escape. Welcome to New York! It's been waiting and made for you, tourists and transients! NYC today!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-51397576693931183772016-03-10T07:16:27.350-05:002016-03-10T07:16:27.350-05:00Calling tourists who go to Times Square "lose...Calling tourists who go to Times Square "losers." Good job, deputy mayor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52670410666052618452016-03-09T20:11:42.946-05:002016-03-09T20:11:42.946-05:00There is also a record number of families with chi...There is also a record number of families with children living in City homeless shelters. A story that came out a few days ago but I guess for the nightlife and restaurant owners in the "East Village" which get promoted a lot here the tourist record numbers story is much more newsworthy to EVG than the record numbers of homeless families.john penleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546048103371918505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-67449284732230826382016-03-09T19:30:06.400-05:002016-03-09T19:30:06.400-05:00These NYC statistics are completely made up. There...These NYC statistics are completely made up. There are only 100,000 hotel rooms in all of New York City. Where do these 60 million "tourists " sleep, on park benches? The majority of these daytime vagrants come in on rickety old buses from exotic places like Pennsylvania. They wander around, shop for trinkets, eat at Olive Garden, take a selfie with Elmo, see a show and go home. They are barely even here for half a day and only leave Times Square to visit the Empire State Buiding. <br /><br />They're not tourists, they're wandering transients in sweatpants checking off another item on their bucket lists. Selfie with Elmo. Check. Standing ovation at The Lion King. Check. First slice of real pizza. Check. Giovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061991537085810824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-80910189053090798482016-03-09T19:26:19.527-05:002016-03-09T19:26:19.527-05:00I'm still looking for the old T-shirt: "W...I'm still looking for the old T-shirt: <i>"Welcome to New York…Now Go Home."</i>Scuba Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326884503725331349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-40619243780261890062016-03-09T17:05:26.984-05:002016-03-09T17:05:26.984-05:00New t-shirt idea: I CAME TO NEW YORK AND BROKE A ...New t-shirt idea: I CAME TO NEW YORK AND BROKE A RECORD!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-32116762892838839972016-03-09T17:04:44.131-05:002016-03-09T17:04:44.131-05:00Is this why record sales keep going up, as compare...Is this why record sales keep going up, as compared to CD sales? They sell them to tourists to break? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com