Editing Central Park (section)

===Visitors===
Central Park is the most visited [[urban park]] in the United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tpl.org/content_documents/ccpe_MostVisitedParks.pdf|title=America's Most Visited City Parks|date=June 2006|publisher=[[The Trust for Public Land]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060725034722/http://www.tpl.org/content_documents/ccpe_MostVisitedParks.pdf|archive-date=July 25, 2006|access-date=July 11, 2006}}</ref> and one of the most visited tourist attractions worldwide,<ref>{{cite web|title=The World's Most-visited Tourist Attractions|date=November 10, 2017|work=[[Travel + Leisure]]|url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/worlds-most-visited-tourist-attractions |access-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516193838/https://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/worlds-most-visited-tourist-attractions|archive-date=May 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> with 42&nbsp;million visitors in 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Van Buren|first=Alex|title=12 Secrets of New York's Central Park|magazine=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]|date=January 27, 2016|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/12-secrets-new-yorks-central-park-180957937/|access-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520080513/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/12-secrets-new-yorks-central-park-180957937/|archive-date=May 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The number of unique visitors is much lower; a Central Park Conservancy report conducted in 2011 found that between eight and nine million people visited Central Park, with 37 to 38&nbsp;million visits between them.{{sfn|Central Park Conservancy|2011|p=9}} By comparison, there were 25&nbsp;million visitors in 2009,<ref name="Crain's New York Business 2009"/> and 12.3&nbsp;million in 1973.{{sfn|Central Park Conservancy|2011|p=12}}

The number of tourists as a proportion of total visitors is much lower: in 2009, one-fifth of the 25&nbsp;million park visitors recorded that year were estimated to be tourists.<ref name="Crain's New York Business 2009"/> The 2011 Conservancy report gave a similar ratio of park usage: only 14%&nbsp;of visits are by people visiting Central Park for the first time. According to the report, nearly two-thirds of visitors are regular park users who enter the park at least once weekly, and about 70%&nbsp;of visitors live in New York City. Moreover, peak visitation occurred during summer weekends, and most visitors used the park for passive recreational activities such as walking or sightseeing, rather than for active sport.{{sfn|Central Park Conservancy|2011|p=9}}

{{wide image|26 - New York - Octobre 2008.jpg|900px|Panoramic view of Central Park from [[Rockefeller Center]] in 2008|align-cap=center}}
{{wide image|Centralpark fg01.jpg|900px|Central Park in 2004|align-cap=center}}