NEW ORLEANS-For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the city has welcomed more than eight million visitors annually--in fact, more than 8.3 million people visited here in 2010, a 10.7% increase over 2009. And, as the city reached that tourism milestone, the local hotel sector blossomed, according to Randy McCaslin, vice president and practice leader for PKF Consulting.
“New Orleans is really hitting its stride,” McCaslin says. “It’s no longer ‘Poor New Orleans’, it’s now ‘Amazing New Orleans’.”
McCaslin points out that 2010 was a “great year” for New Orleans’ hospitality sector. In comparison, however, he expects the next three years to be even better.
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