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re: New Orleans attracted 9.28 million visitors in 2013, 9.01 million in 2012
Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:00 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:00 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Do they consider anyone from out of state a tourist, or do I count as a tourist if I travl from Baton Rouge to a sporting event, Jazzfest or just to visit the quarter?
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Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:04 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Don't blame them. It is a great place to visit. I am helping my buddy at work who is from India plan a trip for Memorial Day. He has never been before 
Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:07 pm to NawlinsTigah270
"America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland."
-Tennessee Williams
-Tennessee Williams
Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:09 pm to J Murdah
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Do they consider anyone from out of state a tourist, or do I count as a tourist if I travl from Baton Rouge to a sporting event, Jazzfest or just to visit the quarter?
Exactly. Visitor and tourist are two different things. If I or anyone else in Louisiana drives over to New Orleans for business and stays the night I wouldn't consider that tourism.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:13 pm to constant cough
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Do they consider anyone from out of state a tourist, or do I count as a tourist if I travl from Baton Rouge to a sporting event, Jazzfest or just to visit the quarter?
Exactly. Visitor and tourist are two different things. If I or anyone else in Louisiana drives over to New Orleans for business and stays the night I wouldn't consider that tourism.
Dunno, because what's left of the Times Picayune can't even be bothered to link to the actual study. But I don't see why in-state visits shouldn't be counted; the hotels & restaurants get paid the same either way.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:13 pm to constant cough
I'm sure Lafayette does the same...as do all cities
This post was edited on 4/22/14 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:14 pm to Cold Cous Cous
Yup, you staying in a hotel you're being taxed as tourist.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:16 pm to Cold Cous Cous
quote:I don't know how they would be able to differentiate the two.
But I don't see why in-state visits shouldn't be counted; the hotels & restaurants get paid the same either way.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:19 pm to J Murdah
quote:This helps a little I guess. They must have some sort of algorithm that determines an estimated number of tourists based on that, air travel and bar/restaurant sales.
About 27.2 percent of hotel visitors made their reservations through hotel web sites, while 21.3 percent used travel web sites and 12.6 percent called hotels directly.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:20 pm to Choctaw
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I'm sure Lafayette does the same...as do all cities
I'm sure they do, lotta dollars on the line in the tourism figures I'd imagine. I can't fully trust numbers though unless I know how they were calculated.
I can believe New Orleans had 9 million visitors though, as in anyone from anywhere who stayed in any motel. Even though hotel registers aren't always accurate either cause somebody could say they have three or two people in a room and just end up only being one.
This post was edited on 4/22/14 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:06 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Just keeps getting better and better. 
Waiting for the resident rednecks to say it's a great place to visit, but nobody wants to live there.
Seriously, the city has been adding hotel rooms non stop and they are constantly over 85 to 90% full during this time of the year. Even higher on jazzfest and other big weekends.
Waiting for the resident rednecks to say it's a great place to visit, but nobody wants to live there.
Seriously, the city has been adding hotel rooms non stop and they are constantly over 85 to 90% full during this time of the year. Even higher on jazzfest and other big weekends.
This post was edited on 4/22/14 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:08 pm to constant cough
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cause somebody could say they have three or two people in a room and just end up only being one.
Wouldn't it more likely be the reverse scenario, that the person booking a hotel room under-reports how many people stayed in the room?
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:46 pm to Spaulding Smails
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New Orleans >Lafayette>>>>Chernobyl>>>Auschwitz>>>Baton Rouge, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:52 pm to notiger1997
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Waiting for the resident rednecks to say it's a great place to visit, but nobody wants to live there
I'm far from a redneck and find it a pretty terrible place to call home
Posted on 4/22/14 at 7:10 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
If there were more hotel rooms, that number would go up even more. 2013 had some big events in this town.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 7:11 pm to VermilionTiger
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2012 BCS National Championship
Posted on 4/22/14 at 7:16 pm to VermilionTiger
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2012 Sugar Bowl 2012 BCS National Championship 2012 SEC Men's basketball tournament 2012 NCAA Men's Final Four 2013 Sugar Bowl 2013 Super Bowl 2013 NCAA Women s Final Four 2014 Sugar Bowl Wrestlemania 30 I'm probably forgetting way more stuff
3 Bayou Classics and 3 New Orleans Bowls
The last two New Orleans Bowls probably had more in attendance than the 3 Sugar Bowls.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 7:16 pm to Choctaw
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"America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland."
-Tennessee Williams
That's from when New Orleans was actually a great city before it was destroyed post-1960s.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 7:18 pm to NawlinsTigah270
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I'm far from a redneck and find it a pretty terrible place to call home
That's fine if that's how you feel. I'm guessing you wouldn't be the kind to think N.O. is 85% full of black wellfare queens and consist of projects and the french quarter like so many of the dumbasses I know from back home think.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 7:20 pm to NawlinsTigah270
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I'm far from a redneck and find it a pretty terrible place to call home
You live in Denver now right?
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