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Article: Mardi Gras pumps $10m-plus into Coast.(Mississippi Gulf Coast benefits economically from Mardi Gras)
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- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- March 3, 2003
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ALONG THE COAST -- Behind the balls, parties, parades and the purple/gold/green masks of Mardi Gras lurks a healthy economic impact. There is an estimated $10-million contribution from visitors on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the final week of Mardi Gras alone.
"That's a conservative estimate," says Steve Richer, executive director of the Mississippi Gulf Cost Convention, and Visitors' Bureau (CVB). "Mardi Gras on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is getting more and more popular."
Outsiders often seem surprised to find that Mardi Gras is celebrated in coastal Mississippi. But while Mardi Gras is bigger in New Orleans, which has an estimated $1-billion annual ...