Godzilla saves New York

[db44]

NEW YORK (AP) _ There back. The tourists to New York City that is.

The city's tourism department says a 20-percent increase in tourism from Japan pushed the number of visitors to the Big Apple to nearly 40 million people.

The tourism bureau says 350-thousand people from Japan visited the city - many who came to see New York Yankees outfield Hideki Matsui.

The United Kingdom sent the most international visitors with 970-thousand people coming from the other side of the pond.

Canada was second with 750-thousand visitors coming south of the border.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the number of international visitors is on the rise for the first time since September Eleventh, 2001.

The mayor says 5.4 million foreign visitors came to New York City in 2004.

[*nsyncablemom]

maybe the Japanese want to see Jeter too :biggrin:

[db44]

They had many years to come see Jeter before Matsui got here. They didn't. :p

Matsui has been my favorite since he got here. I'm glad for him... And although I haven't been a fan of celebrities making public displays of their giving to tsunami victims, the way Matsui seemed to do it was great to me... Just that it was a side note in most stories I heard, saying how he did this aside from what the MLB union or the Yankees themselves were doing.

[*nsyncablemom]

come on, can't you play along :tongue:
Matsui became one of my favorites too, but I am excited about Tino's return:D

[princessKT]

We get a lot of asian tourists here, and a lot of them wear Matsui jerseys. Just makes me happy. ;)

[*nsyncablemom]

I have alot of respect for Matsui, he is a great player, and very humble:)