Bad Publicity After the Storm Hurts New Orleans' Tourism Industry
New Orleans City Business › July 17, 2006
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Haunted History Tours owner Sydney Smith said he receives a call from a potential customer every week wondering if New Orleans is still under water.
People who are coming on our tours are telling us that their friends and family couldn't believe they were coming to New Orleans, Smith said. They think the city is finished and there's nothing here. They think it's either a toxic waste dump or still under water or under some kind of crime siege.See the full content of this document
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Bad Publicity After the Storm Hurts New Orleans' Tourism Industry
Tour operators say the negative national image has devastated business. New Orleans Ghost Tours is down 80 percent post-Katrina; New Orleans Spirit Tours has dropped more than 90 percent. Even the popular Gray Line New Orleans tours have fallen off 70 percent.
Smith said the city and the state...See the full content of this document
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