Article: Mayor Bloomberg Announces Acceleration of Goal to Attract 50 Million Visitors to New York City.

Date for Meeting Goal Moved Up to 2012 from 2015 after Unprecedented Tourism Gains

NEW YORK, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced that New York City is on track to achieve its goal of attracting 50 million annual visitors three years earlier than anticipated. Since Mayor Bloomberg set the goal of '50 by 15' in 2006, New York City has welcomed more visitors than anticipated, including a record 46 million in 2007. Mayor Bloomberg made the announcement in a prerecorded message shown at an event hosted by NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta in Las Vegas at the Travel Industry Association's (TIA) International Pow Wow conference. NYC & ...

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