Tourists are poised to swarm to the Big Apple during the holiday season after an international travel ban was lifted last week — but it might be too little, too late for dozens of New York City hotels.

Tourism leaders at popular U.S. tourist destinations have let out a giant, collective cheer. As of this week, they can count on visitors from foreign countries with restrictions lifting.

The New York City hotel industry, ravaged by the lengthy coronavirus pandemic shutdowns — is making a comeback and doling out kudos for it to Gov. Kathy Hochul, industry officials said Tuesday.

Under a New York City law (Int. 2397-2021-A), hotels with at least 100 rooms must pay weekly severance of $500 per employee per week to laid-off employees for up to 30 weeks if their hotel either 1) experienced a mass layoff of 75 percent or more of their workforce employed as of March 1, 2020, during any 30-day period or 2) closed to the public on or after March 1, 2020, and has not yet (a) as of Oct. 11, 2021, recalled 25 percent or more of its employees employed as of March 1, 2020, and (b) reopened to the public by Nov. 1, 2021.

By noon in New York City, 37 flights had already touched down at John F. Kennedy and Newark nternational airports from Toronto, with an additional 20 flights arriving from London and eight from Paris.

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Multiple pandemic-era bans on international travelers coming to the United States are ending next week, but hoteliers in gateway markets aren’t predicting a major spike in bookings just yet.