Tuesday, May 10, 2011
NOLA reaches another tourism milestone!
New Orleans’ tourism industry has achieved a major milestone, welcoming 8.3 million visitors in 2010, a 10.7 percent increase over 2009, and the first time to reach 8 million visitors since Katrina. Those 8.3 million visitors spent $5.3 billion, a $1.1 billion increase over 2009 and the highest spending in the city’s history.
River's high and rising, but NOLA is A-OK!
This is one of those weird "La Nina" weather things, I've read. The greater New Orleans area is in a drought and we're more than 6 inches behind in our annual rainfall-to-date. Yet the Mississippi is as high as I've seen it in the 20 years I've been here, thanks to midwest snow and storms. Luckily, we have two "big-ass" (not the technical term!) spillways which divert water into Lake Pontchartrain and the Atchafalaya River basin. The spillways will do damage to some homes and communities in south Louisiana but will spare the Baton Rouge and New Orleans metro areas from significant damage. So, don't let the media scare you...NOLA is high and dry!
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