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Article: Top 10 tourist events in New Orleans; No. 8: French Quarter Festival
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- New Orleans CityBusiness
- Article date:
- September 29, 2007
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After a steep post-Hurricane Katrina downturn, the French Quarter
Festival rebounded strongly in 2007 to claim the seventh spot in the
Top 10 list of New Orleans events.
The first French Quarter Festival after the storm had an economic
impact of $32 million compared with $105.5 million in 2005, a 67
percent drop, according to a study by the University of New Orleans.
It regained its financial footing with $118 million this year, a
269 percent increase over last year and a 12 percent increase over
2005.
Janice Foulks, president of the board of directors of French
Quarter Festivals Inc., said 2006 income plummeted because a largely
local crowd didn't fill hotels or spend as much as ...