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Protests, NYC's Newest Tourist Attraction (VIDEO)  First Posted:
10/08/2011 9:56 am EDT Updated: 11/05/2012 4:58 pm EST  Some
have come to listen and others simply to watch, but it is clear
that many travelers now see the #OccupyWallStreet protest as a
New York Destination, at least while it lasts.  Eager tourists
lugging their Metropolitan Museum of Art shopping bags through
Zuccotti Park duck under Che Guevara flags and dodge young
protesters shouting anti-bailout slogans. The juxtaposition is
odd, but no one seems to mind.  The protesters are ready to
explain their various causes to those that will listen and the
tourists don't seem to find the stale smell of weed and overused
sleeping bags off-putting.  When a tour bus stops at the edge of
the park, the protesters urge the passengers to disembark.
“Come see America,” shouts a young man waving a cardboard sign.
“Tomorrow,” a woman shouts back. The bus pulls away toward the
World Trade Center.  A l