From the tourism, convention business has almost doubled in 2007
The number of visitors in 2007 near the city has doubled the amount of money they spent, according to a survey by the University of New Orleans Hospitality Research Center.
The survey revealed that 7.1 million visitors came to the city in 2007, against 3.7 million in 2006. There is “Katrina” would be a good year in yield between 8.5 and 9 million visitors.
It is also worth mentioning that 31 percent of visitors were in the year 2006 “in connection with Hurricane Visits insurance and emergency personnel. During 2007, the visits represent only 4.3 percent of visits.
Seventy per cent of 2007 visitors said they were in town for pleasure, 13.5 percent came to an agreement or fairs and 11.5 percent has come for a visit or Corporate Business.
The survey showed that visitors approximately $ 4.8 billion during their time here on a total of $ 2.8 billion in 2006.
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