New Coney Island amusement parks attract tourists from all over the world

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The new Coney Island is a hit with tourists - many from across the ocean. The number of out-of-town visitors to Coney’s two new amusement parks more than doubled last year - with 57,960 people coming from outside the New York metropolitan area in the 2011 summer season, up from 22,500 in 2010.

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