'New Orleans’ economy is very dependant on the tourism and lodging industry\r'

' sunrise(prenominal) siege of siege of Orleans prudence is very dependant on the tourism and live constancy. In the prehistorical couple of years this industry in New Orleans has decompositiond. In 1996 the metropolis hosted 12 million tourists and conventioneers and they spent close to $4 billion. The average daily room rate was $105. The family line 11 attacks had a huge affect on the tourism industry. Although the economy in New Orleans is rising, the number of tourist each year has dropped dramatically.\r\nThis past year New Orleans hosted an estimated 7.995 million visitors. This is virtually the same number as they hosted in 1991, gist the increase in visitors throughout the nineties has been abolished. On the positive side, these 8 million visitors spent an imagine $4.5 billion on hotel rooms, food, drinks, entertainment, and shopping. This figure is actually high than that spent by the 12 million visitors in 1996. This $4.5 billion created 2.9 billion in revenue an d helped moderate more than 138,000 are jobs.\r\nNew Orleans has through a salient job in compensating for the decline in the tourism industry. Because of the lack of visitors they have hardly made it more expensive for the guests they do receive. The menstruation average daily room rate for New Orleans hotels is about $170. Average airfare from Denver to New Orleans is $400. Even though these prices are so high, the great thing about New Orleans is that no matter what day of the year visitors can eer find free events. All of this contributes to what should be a very profitable 2004.\r\n'