| "New York, New York, It's a hell of a town" | | | | shows sell out fast, so if you can time your |
| or so the song says. New York is one of the | | | | trip right you may be able to book form home |
| most popular locations for holidays in | | | | prior to your holiday to ensure you get to |
| America. This is mainly due to the sheer | | | | see the show of your choice. |
| variety of activities and things to see and | | | | |
| do when there. With over 1 million visitors | | | | It isn't uncommon for musical artists to |
| between 1998 and 2006 coming from the UK | | | | perform shows in one of the city's many parks |
| alone that's only a small fraction of the | | | | or even Times Square itself, Ringo Starr and |
| total visitors to New York, being 43.8 | | | | Shania Twain are two names that have |
| Million just in case you're wondering. | | | | performed for breakfast television shows that |
| | | | New Yorkers have been able to catch on their |
| New York has long been revered as the | | | | way to work. |
| Greatest City in America: towering | | | | |
| skyscrapers, the best shops, theatres and | | | | New York is also home to the greatest stage |
| museums are all big drawing factors for New | | | | in the world, Madison Square Garden. The |
| York. With recent changes in the currency | | | | Garden is renowned as one of the grandest |
| conversion market it has made places like New | | | | arenas in the world with many concerts by the |
| York very popular for shopping and getting | | | | likes of Justin Timberlake, U2 and The |
| more value for your money. | | | | Rolling Stones taking place there. |
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| This past Christmas had seen the largest | | | | The Garden is also home to a number of local |
| number of UK shoppers taking short breaks in | | | | sports teams, such as the New York Knicks |
| New York to make the most of the favourable | | | | Basketball team and New York Rangers Ice |
| strength of the pound. With flagship stores | | | | Hockey team. If you can catch a game during |
| for many brands like Virgin and Apple being | | | | your visit it is an experience you won't |
| situated on Manhatten Island it is a | | | | forget, as well as events shown in the |
| shopaholic's paradise. | | | | evening. During the day you can go on guided |
| | | | tours of the historic arena, with tours |
| There's more to New York though, in the | | | | running hourly you won't have to wait long |
| centre of Manhatten is the world famous | | | | and get to see everything from the locker |
| Central Park, a huge 843 acre oasis in the | | | | room to the VIP suites. |
| middle of a bustling city. The park, | | | | |
| designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, took | | | | There are plenty of iconic tourist spots such |
| inspiration from Birkenhead Park of all | | | | as the Empire State building, Liberty Island |
| places. The park is an amazing sight to | | | | and Coney Island that offer great views and |
| behold, during the week business men can be | | | | fun at the fair respectively. The subway |
| seen reading a book on their lunch break and | | | | system makes traversing this enormous city |
| at the weekends many New Yorkers can be seen | | | | effortless, and with cheap multi-day passes |
| jogging or cycling through the park, it is so | | | | it is much better than walking, especially in |
| vast that if you are only a hundred metres | | | | the summer months when the humidity and heat |
| into the park you'd be forgiven for | | | | is trapped between the buildings and can get |
| forgetting you're in one of the busiest | | | | pretty tiring. |
| cities in the world! | | | | |
| | | | Of course many tourists feel obliged to pay |
| Another attraction for holidays in New York | | | | their respects at the site of the World Trade |
| is the entertainment, it is after all the | | | | Centre; this is a sobering experience with |
| home of Broadway, and the theatre district is | | | | many tributes still remaining on the fences |
| home to the impressive Times Square. Times | | | | surrounding the construction work to this |
| Square is one of the iconic scenes in New | | | | day. It is also worth visiting the memorial |
| York that many people have seen in Movies, TV | | | | in Battery Park at the southern tip of the |
| shows and possibly the New Year celebrations. | | | | island where the Steel Globe statue that used |
| Tickets for most Broadway shows can be | | | | to reside between the two towers that were |
| bought at the "TKTS" tickets booth slap bang | | | | destroyed now sits, battered, with a torch |
| in the middle of Times Square, some advice on | | | | burning for the victims. |
| booking is that a lot of the more popular | | | | |