New York sets new record for visitors

New York - New York set a new city record by bringing in more than 47,000 million tourists during 2008, as the economic crisis did not dampen people's desire to visit the "Big Apple."

The number of tourists in 2008 topped by more than one million the number who visited the finance and cultural powerhouse last year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

The city attributed the increase to foreign visitors. The tourists spent a combined 30 billion dollars in New York in 2008, the city said. (dpa)