Orlando to NYC: You're not the top U.S. tourist destination

Date: 22 December 2011 By Kitty Bean Yancey, USA TODAY

New York City expects a record 50 million tourists by year's end, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this week at a press conference, where the Big Apple was touted as the nation's No. 1 tourist destination. Not so fast, counters theme-park-central Orlando. "Orlando is the No. 1 destination" in the USA, says Visit Orlando corporate communications director Brian Martin.

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