The Met is back over 10,000 visitors a day. Hotels may not be at capacity yet, but they're getting close. As a commenter put it on the Everything To Do NYC Facebook Group this week, "The city has come alive again and it's amazing!" Once again, the reopenings and returns continue to roll in.

The New York tourism industry took a hit last year, as travel did nearly everywhere else. The pandemic meant that it was useless to visit New York since virtually all of the restaurants, bars, and other venues had to close down for safety reasons. It’s a new year, though, and the vaccine distribution has reopened New York City to the public. Not every single restriction is gone, but you can go there now and see many of the sights and experience the cultural opportunities this amazing metropolis provides. If you visit New York, you must take some precautions to stay safe. Here are our top tips for NYC visitors in 2021.

This week's breaking news is the Governor's announcement that when New York reaches 70% adult vaccination most COVID restrictions will be lifted. In as little as two weeks we could be done with capacity restrictions, social distancing, cleaning requirements, health screenings, and contact tracing. The city is changing so quickly already but this will accelerate it.

It's getting hard to keep up. With the city's COVID infection rate below 2% and falling fast, reopening announcements are piling up, and Broadway is leading the pack. Hamilton. Lion King. Wicked. All back September 14th. Tickets on sale today. Capacity will be 100%. And further premieres and returns are close behind, including Broadway's longest-runner The Phantom of the Opera. Dr. Fauci has announced that, as vaccinations increase, relaxation of indoor mask requirements will follow. Broadway's return will change the city's dynamic for tourism dramatically. The savvy move of offering vaccinations to visitors will further help the travel market.

For the second consecutive month, the city's unemployment rate has dropped, this time by a healthy 25%—although overall unemployment remains high, about double national averages. With tourism and hospitality curtailed, it's not surprising, although the city's low rate of COIVD transmission means more and more is reopening. Read on for the latest New York City and global tourism news.

It's almost impossible to find a hotel that hasn't introduced a new sanitation program, promising its rooms are squeaky clean and coronavirus-free. But how do you know if your hotel room is really clean?

Ichiran, purveyor of exquisite tonkatsu ramen, has unveiled new updates for the fall season. Not only have the chefs changed their ramen recipe, but now each bowl will be served in traditional ceramic jubako bowls. Ichiran is rolling out these exciting new changes at its Times Square location on West 49th Street. Try some of the city’s best ramen before a Broadway show, during your lunch break, or amidst your day of fun in New York City.

A highlight of a visit to New York is its world-class street art, much of which is ready to serve as a key souvenir with a selfie shot. Once an underground art form widely maligned for defacing the walls of city buildings, street art has garnered acclaim from the public as well as critics who can’t help but love master street artists like TATS Cru, Tristan Eaton, and Banksy.

When Taylor Louderman makes her entrance as “apex predator” Regina George in Tina Fey’s acclaimed new musical Mean Girls, she arrives in a spectacularly gauzy burst of pink attitude.