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Article: N.O.'s $5B tourism biz in tatters; Travel.(New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina 2005)
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- Advertising Age
- Article date:
- September 5, 2005
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Byline: RICH THOMASELLI
Hurricane Katrina has devastated the $5 billion tourism industry in New Orleans-the biggest source of revenue in the city and the state of Louisiana. More than 100 conventions scheduled for the next two months were forced to cancel or relocate, and New Orleans' National Football League franchise is likely to play its entire upcoming schedule in another city.
While the rest of the country prepared for the peripheral effects of Katrina in the form of rising gas prices and likely fare increases from the already-struggling airlines, New Orleans and the nearby Mississippi casino/beach resorts of Gulfport and Biloxi are closed for ...
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