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A Living Landmark<\/strong><\/p>\n \n From the Eiffel Tower to the London Eye, some of the world\u2019s best landmarks were meant to be temporary. With the Occupy Wall Street protests growing bigger by the day, are we witnessing the birth of New York\u2019s latest landmark?<\/p>\n \n However long the protest continues, New York City has seen a boom in tourism recently thanks to the ever-expanding demonstration against the greed of Wall Street\u2019s bankers.\u00a0Zuccotti Park has been transformed into a hub of angry New Yorkers collectively showing their discontent with the US economic situation.<\/p>\n \n As a tourist spot, the protest has everything. The sight of determined protestors dishing out free badges and t-shirts to visitors has resulted in an explosion in tourist numbers. And those looking for the perfect photo opportunity have been quick to shun corporate advertisements that clog up Times Square for some real life documentary photography.<\/p>\n \n Like many visitors, Shawn Lahey, a factory worker from Poughkeepsie, up-state New York approved, \u201cI think it\u2019s great \u2013 they\u2019re trying to make a point.\u201d, but he doubted whether the protest would make a difference.<\/p>\n \n Udeykin, a 23 year old Russian-born Iowan expressed her reasons for participating. \u201cRight now we don\u2019t have a goal \u2013 except to back away from the system that\u2019s not working. This is a way to feel free, to feel normal.\u201d<\/p>\n \n New York City, which receives a whopping 47 million foreign and domestic tourists each year, might just see a rise in visitors buying cheap flights to the New York<\/a><\/strong>, the world\u2019s culture capital.<\/p>\n \n \n Source:\u00a0MSN<\/a><\/p>\n \n