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| re: Tourism, Engine for N.Y.C. Economy, May Not Fully Recover Until 2025 | |
| Last Edit: singleticket 08:20 pm EST 11/16/20 | |
| Posted by: singleticket 08:06 pm EST 11/16/20 | |
| In reply to: Tourism, Engine for N.Y.C. Economy, May Not Fully Recover Until 2025 - MockingbirdGirl 03:46 pm EST 11/16/20 | |
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| How does one become President and CEO of NYC & Co.? Fred Dixon seems like a Charlotte St. Martin of nyc tourism (who coincidentally sits on the board of NYC & Co.). I'm not dismissing Mr. Parrott of The New School's claims that many of the people who have lost their jobs due to the collapse of tourism were "workers of color". But the inclusion of that fact next to the article's theme that the city somehow needs to set a goal of returning to the engorged tourism rates of 2019 is rather crude... as if a critical mass of low paid and mid-range salaried workers of color in the hospitality industry justifies a return to an old status quo that was grinding its gears even before covid. |
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| re: Tourism, Engine for N.Y.C. Economy, May Not Fully Recover Until 2025 | |
| Posted by: ryhog 09:15 pm EST 11/16/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Tourism, Engine for N.Y.C. Economy, May Not Fully Recover Until 2025 - singleticket 08:06 pm EST 11/16/20 | |
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| I am confused by a few things you say. Maybe you can help me out. 1. I am not sure why you are picking on Fred Dixon. He got his job by gaining a lot of experience in travel marketing. The comparison to Charlotte St. Martin seems unfair; she is in way over her head. Are you suggesting that he is? And on the basis of what? 2. I am not sure why you are picking on the inclusion of info about the effect of the pandemic on less-educated workers (disproportionately POC). It's a fact and unless you have a different path to propose, we have to hope that tourism continues to drive the economy. What do you propose to do with that workforce over the next 5 years? 3. What was the "grinding of gears"? In other words, what are you actually proposing? Yes it would be lovely to have a city disgorged of so much tourism (same in every major city in the world, incidentally), but how do you make that happen? You seem to have a complaint without a shred of a solution, but I'm listening. you aren't proposing to ignore taking care of our underclass, are you? As I say, I am just perplexed by what you say, not because I am in love with the ill effects of all the tourism on our quality of life, but because I don't think pretending we have another way out over the near and medium term is responsible. |
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