Editing Grand Central Terminal (section)

==Visitors==
[[File:GCT tour crop.jpg|thumb|alt=A tour guide leading a lecture outside the terminal|A guided tour outside the terminal, 2022]]
Grand Central Terminal is one of the world's ten most-visited tourist attractions,<ref name=autogenerated1 /> with 21.6 million visitors in 2018, excluding train and subway passengers.<ref name="tourists" /> The high visitor traffic makes it one of the most-photographed places in New York City and the United States. A 2009 Cornell University study of geotagged photos indicated the station was the fourth-most-photographed place in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bostwick|first=William|title=Apple Store Cube Is More Popular Landmark Than Statue of Liberty: Cornell Report|work=Fast Company|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1596248/apple-store-cube-more-popular-landmark-statue-liberty-cornell-report|date=March 24, 2010|access-date=February 26, 2021|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202010047/https://www.fastcompany.com/1596248/apple-store-cube-more-popular-landmark-statue-liberty-cornell-report|url-status=live}}</ref> Tourism to the station is not a new phenomenon; the 1900–1910 station was second to the [[U.S. Capitol Building]] in its visitor count.<ref>{{cite web|title=Part I: Happy birthday, Grand Central! Let's see what you're made of...|website=National Museum of American History|date=February 2, 2013|access-date=June 18, 2023|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2013/02/happy-birthday-grand-central-lets-see-what-youre-made-of.html|archive-date=June 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618163136/https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2013/02/happy-birthday-grand-central-lets-see-what-youre-made-of.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013, in conjunction with the terminal's centennial celebration, the [[Municipal Art Society]] began providing daily live station tours, and audio tour producer Orpheo USA began providing pre-recorded tours with headsets<ref>{{cite news|last=Rife|first=Judy|title=Docent-guided tours to debut at Grand Central Terminal|work=Times Herald-Record|url=https://www.recordonline.com/article/20130226/BIZ/302260319/-1/archive|date=February 26, 2013|access-date=February 26, 2021|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514083104/https://www.recordonline.com/article/20130226/BIZ/302260319/-1/archive|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tours were suspended for two years during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since late 2022, daily docent-led tours of the station have been conducted by Walks, an international tour company, by arrangement with the MTA.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tara|first=Serena|title=Guided Tours of NYC's Historic Grand Central Terminal Are Back After 2 Years|work=Thrillist|url=https://www.thrillist.com/news/new-york/the-return-of-grand-central-guided-tours-tickets|date=December 2, 2022|access-date=February 11, 2023|archive-date=February 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211221640/https://www.thrillist.com/news/new-york/the-return-of-grand-central-guided-tours-tickets|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Trusttum 2022 s003">{{cite web | last=Trusttum | first=Daisy | title=Grand Central Terminal tours return after pandemic hiatus | website=amNewYork | date=December 3, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/entertainment/things-to-do/grand-central-terminal-tours-return-after-pandemic-hiatus/ | access-date=October 9, 2023 | archive-date=October 12, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012172814/https://www.amny.com/entertainment/things-to-do/grand-central-terminal-tours-return-after-pandemic-hiatus/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

Transit passenger traffic makes the terminal the [[List of busiest railway stations in North America|third-busiest train station in North America]], after [[New York Penn Station]] and [[Toronto Union Station]]. {{As of|2018|alt=In 2018}}, about 67.326&nbsp;million riders entered and exited at Grand Central Terminal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MNR Ridership 2018|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/docs/2017%20MNR%20Ridership%20Appendix.pdf|website=mta.info|access-date=November 24, 2018|archive-date=December 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228201223/http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/docs/2017%20MNR%20Ridership%20Appendix.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><!--The terminal's [[Main Concourse]] is often used as a meeting place-->