Photograph by SHARPSHOOTA.com on Flickr There's a pretty amusing NY Times article on tourists' impressions of New York City and New Yorkers. Given that the Big Apple draws about 9 million foreign visitors (on top of about 39 million American tourists), there are a lot of impressions. A few: “In the ladies’ toilets you can see people’s feet. It’s the first time I’ve seen something like that. Where I’m from we have full doors......

Last year Bloomberg announced the "first-ever global multimedia communications campaign to promote New York City," with efforts to bring in more tourism through television, outdoor advertising, internet and everything in between. The mayor is now getting some unsolicited help from some New York comedians. The troupe got together to film their own NYC Tourism ad, which includes a unique explanation of the city's homeless problem. Their version of our history explains that NYC was founded......

Last month, New York City kicked off a big global advertising campaign to attract more tourists to the Big Apple. The ads appear in a number of venues, and the Post notes that media space has been bought in Out magazine and on the LOGO network, as well as LGBT websites. A Bloomberg administration official explains that gay and lesbians have more disposable income, as they are usually dual-income without kids, "What we're saying......