Chinanews.com, September 8th. According to the US "World Journal" report, during the long weekend of Labor Day, Chinatown in Manhattan, New York ushered in a crowd, and restaurant business was returning. Due to the good weather and the new regulations that dine-in must produce vaccine certification, More customers choose outdoor dining than dine-in.
The long bus station in Chinatown can also see people queuing to wait for the bus, making the industry quite happy, hoping that the popularity will continue and bring more business opportunities.
Every summer is the peak business season in Chinatown, but in recent years, online shopping, department stores or outlets have launched special sales activities on Labor Day, resulting in a decrease in the number of people visiting Chinatown during long weekends.
Since last year, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has caused a sharp decline in tourists, and it has also affected Chinatown's business. However, under the popularization of vaccines, Chinatown has begun to see a backflow of people.
Ms. Li, the owner of Lurui Trading Co., Ltd., who sells souvenirs and daily necessities on Mott St., said that although the Labor Day long weekend this year is not as crowded as in the past, the business has grown by about 30% compared with last year. %, "It may be that school is about to start. Many parents bring their children out to buy toys and eat Chinese food."
Ms. Li said that last summer, after a long period of sheltering from the epidemic at home, the epidemic eased and people took to the streets. However, at that time, the vaccine was not yet available, and most people still stayed at home and did not dare to go out. Have confidence.
However, despite the return of business, compared with the situation before the epidemic, it is still "a lot worse". I hope that the epidemic will end as soon as possible and the popularity will continue, which will bring business opportunities to small businesses.
In addition, restaurants such as Doyers St., Pell St., and Be Street, which are on several well-known roads in Chinatown, have many customers sitting in outdoor dining seats.
Ms. Li, an employee of Bejie Cantonese Restaurant, said that at present, most of Chinatown has begun to require customers to dine in, and they need to produce vaccination certificates. Some customers find it troublesome and choose to sit outside and dine directly, but the weather happened to be good on the 6th, and more people hope Grasp the time of late summer and early autumn and enjoy the outdoor breeze.
The business of the long bus is also better than last year.
Industry operator Ms. Lin said that the long-term bus business dropped by nearly 90% last year, mainly due to the inability to travel far due to the epidemic, and the people worried that sitting in the confined space of the bus for long periods of time might increase the risk of infection. Nowadays, people cannot go abroad and more people choose Traveling in the United States has also improved the long-term bus business.
(Yan Jiaying)