Saturday 22 October 2011

New York City

New York City

New York is the most popular city in the United States and the center of the greater New York, one of the most popular cities in the world.New York is the list of most visited cities in the world.New York City has a significant impact on global trade, finance , media, culture, art, fashion, research, education and entertainment. As host of the headquarters of the United Nations, it is also an important center for international affairs. The city is often referred to as New York City or the City of New York to remove it from the State of New York, of which there are different part. 
The hotel is situated on a large natural harbor on the Atlantic coast in the northeastern United States of America, New York City comprises five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Iceland. With a population of 8.4 million euro over a land area of only 305 square miles (790 km2) New York is the most densely populated major city in the United States.As to 800 languages are spoken in New York, is distributed so that the language diverse city in the world. The New York Metropolitan Area's population is the United States is the largest, with 19.1 million people over 6720 square miles (17,400 km2) estimated distributed. The Greater New York is also part of the largest population combined statistical area in the United States, with 22.2 million people from 2009 census estimates.
New York traces its roots to the 1624 founding of New Amsterdam as a trading post by the Dutch colonists. The city and its surrounding area came under English control in 1664 and was renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the land to his brother, the Duke of York. New York served as the capital of the United States of 1785 to 1790. It has the largest city in the country since 1790.
Many districts and landmarks in New York City have been unknown to outsiders. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America by ship in the late 19 and early 20 Century. Times Square, as "The Crossroads of the World" iconified is the brightly lit center of Broadway, one of the world's busiest pedestrian crossings and a major center of the global entertainment industry. New York's financial district, anchored on Wall Street in Lower Manhattan competes with London as a financial center in the world and is home to the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest exchange, total market capitalization of listed companies. Manhattan real estate market has the world known as one of the most valuable and expensive in the world. Manhattan's Chinatown has one of the highest concentrations of Chinese in the Western Hemisphere. Many colleges and universities are located in New York, including Columbia University, New York University and Rockefeller University, which ranked among the top 100 in the world.
Tourism in New York
Tourism is one of the most important industries in New York City, with more than 40 million combined national and international tourists each year in the last five years. Major destinations include the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Iceland, Broadway theaters, museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art; parks including Central Park and Washington Square Park, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, luxury shopping along Fifth and Madison Avenues, and events like the Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, St. Patrick's Day Parade, seasonal activities such as ice skating in Central Park in winter, the Tribeca Film Festival, and free performances at Central Park Summerstage. Special experiences outside of the key tourist areas of the city include, but are not limited to the Bronx Zoo, Coney Iceland, and the New York Botanical Garden.
In 2010, New York City, a record number of tourists with 48.7 million.Since economy of the United States had not yet recovered, is Mayor Michael Bloomberg's goal, break the record again in 2012 by more than 50 million tourists.

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