Editing Manhattan (section)

===Tourism===
{{main|Tourism in New York City}}
[[File:Times Square New Year's Eve 2023 Numbers Ball drop (52579744724).jpg|thumb|[[Times Square]] is the hub of [[Broadway theater|Broadway]]'s [[Theater District, Manhattan|theater district]] and a major Manhattan cultural venue with 50 million tourists annually, making it one of the world's most popular tourist destinations.<ref name="Ann Shields"/>]]
Tourism is vital to Manhattan's economy, and the landmarks of Manhattan are the focus of New York City's tourists, with a record 66.6&nbsp;million visiting the city in 2019, bringing in $47.4&nbsp;billion in tourism revenue. Visitor numbers dropped by two-thirds in 2020 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], climbing back to 63.3&nbsp;million visitors in 2023.<ref>[https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/tourism-industry-new-york-city ''The Tourism Industry in New York City Reigniting the Return''], [[New York State Comptroller]] [[Thomas DiNapoli]], April 2021. Accessed January 1, 2024. "After reaching a record high of 66.6 million visitors in 2019 and generating $47.4 billion in spending, the number of visitors to New York City dropped by 67 percent and their spending declined by 73 percent in 2020.... New York City hosted 66.6 million visitors in 2019 (about 25 percent of the State's 265.5 million visitors that year), a tenth-consecutive annual record. In 2020, the pandemic and related behavioral and governmental restrictions caused the number to drop to 22.3 million, a 67 percent reduction (see Figure 1)."</ref><ref>David, Greg. [https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/09/05/tourists-china-hotel-rates/ "Tourists Are Back to NYC in Big Numbers"], [[The City (website)|The City]], September 5, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024. "But the city will not surpass its 2019 record of 66.6 million visitors because once-numerous travelers from China remain few and far between and Americans are flocking to Europe in unprecedented numbers.... Still, the numbers show a rebound with the official forecast from the tourism agency NYC & Co. still predicting 63.3 million visitors this year, up 12% from last year."</ref>

According to [[The Broadway League]], shows on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] sold approximately US$1.54&nbsp;billion worth of tickets in the 2022–2023 and the 2023–2024 seasons with attendance of approximately 12.3 million each.<ref name=BroadwayLeagueStatistics>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/statistics-broadway-nyc/|title=Broadway Season Statistics|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=August 3, 2024}}</ref>