Record number of NY visitors

NEW YORK is on track to host a record number of visitors this year.

Tourism officials said initial figures show 47.5 million people visited, half a million more than the record set in 2008 and a 4% increase over 2009.

As Americans reined in their spending last year amid the recession, New York’s tourism numbers slipped for the first time since 2001, to 45.6 million.