CENTER CITY - Philadelphia’s tourism industry is clinging to the good news from the CDC as a ray of hope. They are ready to welcome visitors and their money back to the city.The city and its tourism board are making it very clear, they want tourists back."We need to welcome back our visitors.
Visitors spend money in our restaurants, sleep over in our hotels, shop at our stores and buy tickets to sporting events, concerts and so much more," Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney declared.The COVID pandemic shut down all of those Philadelphia staples last year and it hit the city tax coffers in a major way."Hundreds of millions of dollars!