Iindwendwe zaseNew Orleans zichitha iipesenti ezili-11

I-NEW ORLEANS, LA - I-New Orleans ibambe iindwendwe ze-4.9 yezigidi kwisiqingatha sokuqala se-2012, ukwanda kweepesenti ezimbini ngexesha elifanayo kwi-2011. Ezi ndwendwe zichithe i-3.45 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ukunyuswa kweepesenti ze-11 ngoJanuwari-Juni 2011. La manani asisiphumo se-2012 University of New Orleans (UNO) Hospitality Research Centre's 2012 New Orleans Area Visitor Profile, egunyaziswe yiNew Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau (NOCVB) kunye neNew Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation (NOTMC).

USodolophu uMitch Landrieu uthe, “Uphononongo lweendwendwe lweUNO lubonelela ngobungqina obuqatha bokuqhubeka kokunyuka komzi mveliso wokhenketho eNew Orleans. Oku kukhula ziindaba ezibalaseleyo, kubonisa ukomelela kolu shishino kunye nokubaluleka koqoqosho lwenkcubeko oludlalayo kwimpilo yoqoqosho iyonke yesixeko sethu nengingqi yethu. Sithetha imisebenzi kunye nexabiso lerhafu. Silindele ukuba la manani kwaye eli shishini libalulekileyo liza kuqhubeka nokukhula njengoko sidlala umnyhadala kuthotho lweziganeko zesizwe nezamazwe angaphandle, kubandakanya iSuper Bowl XLVII ngo-2013. ”

Kwiindwendwe ezizizigidi ezi-4.9 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iipesenti ezingama-74.1 bezindwendwele iNew Orleans ukuya kwiholide / ukonwaba, iipesenti ezili-14.3 ziye kwiindibano, imibutho, iintlanganiso zequmrhu kunye / okanye imiboniso yorhwebo, kwaye iipesenti ezili-11.7 beziseNew Orleans zeshishini ngokubanzi. Kuzo zonke iindwendwe, iipesenti ezingama-50 zahlala ehotele, ngelixa iipesenti ezingama-26.6 zazindwendwele abahlobo nezalamane. Inani eliqhelekileyo lobusuku obuhlala iindwendwe ngobusuku be-4.1. Kwiphambili yenkcitho, inkcitho yokuhamba nganye phakathi kweendwendwe ibiphezulu kuwo onke amanqanaba ngaphandle kokuthenga. Ukutsiba okukhulu kwinkcitho yohambo ngalunye bekukho kwiindawo zentselo nakwiiklabhu zasebusuku, nge-27.2 yeepesenti inyuke ukusuka kwixesha elinye ngo-2011, nakwindawo yokulala, inyuke nge-18.1 yeepesenti ukusuka ngo-2011. Ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sabatyeleli beshishini kwindawo yaseNew Orleans ( Iipesenti ezingama-60) bandise ukuhlala kwabo ukuzonwabisa ngeentsuku ezi-2.1.

Ukhenketho ngomnye wabaqeshi abakhulu beNew Orleans. Ngokophando lwe-UNO kunyaka opheleleyo u-2011, iNew Orleans yamkele iindwendwe ezizizigidi ezingama-8.75, kwaye inkcitho yeendwendwe yafika kwi-5.47 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi, ukonyuka okubonakalayo ngaphezulu kuka-2010 kunye nenkcitho ephezulu kwimbali yesixeko.

“Ububanzi obubanzi kunye nomgangatho ophakamileyo wemisebenzi eNew Orleans inefuthe elimangalisayo kutyelelo oluphindayo. Ukuphindaphinda iindwendwe (ezibandakanya i-55.8 ekhulwini yazo zonke iindwendwe) zichitha ixesha lokuthatha inxaxheba kwimisebenzi emininzi ngexesha lokutyelela kwabo.

Iziphumo zophando zibonisa ukuba baya rhoqo kwiMyuziyam ye-World War II, kwi-Audubon Zoo, kwi-Insectarium, kwi-Aquarium, kwi-Orleans Museum ye-Art, imingcelele, ukutya okumnandi kunye nokutya okungaqhelekanga kutyelelo oluphindaphindiweyo kunakutyelelo lwabo lokuqala njengoko bezama ukuthatha inxaxheba ukutyeba kwenkcubeko yaseNew Orleans, ”utshilo uJohn Williams, uMququzeleli we-UNO HRC.

Amandla afanelekileyo afunyenwe ngumzi-mveliso wokhenketho waseNew Orleans ngo-2012 eza njengoko isixeko silungiselela ukubamba iSuper Bowl XLVII ngoFebruwari 2013, i-NCAA yabaseTyhini yokuGqibela yabaseTyhini kunye ne-2013 NBA Men's Allstar Game.

"Kwishishini eliqhutywa yimbono kunye nomfanekiso, imiba yesantya," utshilo uStephen Perry, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO yeNew Orleans CVB. Amanani abatyeleli anamandla ahambelana nabakhenkethi abakhetha iNew Orleans kumabhaso abalaseleyo. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ngo-2012, iNew Orleans ibizwe ngokuba yenye yeeDolophu eziPhezulu eUnited States naseKhanada (i-Travel + Leisure's 2012 World's Best Awards); Eyona dolophu yase-US yokuthenga (UkuHamba + noLonwabo); esinye sezona zixeko zifikelelekayo e-US kubakhenkethi basekhaya (i-TripAdvisor) kunye neSixeko esona sikhulu seMpahla yeMpelaveki (AAA uMhambi waseMzantsi).

Olu phando luye lwabonisa ukuba ngelixa iLouisiana yayiyeyona ndawo iphambili yokuthengisa ukutya (iipesenti eziyi-12.6) zeNew Orleans, amazwe alandelayo aziwa ngokutyelelwa ngabantu baseTexas (9.5%), Alabama (5.6 pesenti), eCalifornia (5.5 pesenti) naseFlorida ( 5.3 pesenti). Kwisiqingatha sonyaka ka-2012, iipesenti ezingama-91.4 zabaphenduli baxela ukuba kunokwenzeka okanye banokucebisa iNew Orleans njengendawo ekuya kuyo kubahlobo nakwiintsapho zabo. Phantse isiqingatha (iipesenti ezingama-44.2) zabaphenduli zichaze ukuba olu ibilutyelelo lwabo lokuqala eNew Orleans.

"Njengokuba siceba indlela yethu yokuthengisa ngo-2013, ezi ziphumo zokuqala zesiqingatha sonyaka zibonisa ukuba ukusetyenziswa kwezixhobo zemithombo yeendaba ngokwesiko nakwi-intanethi kusebenza kakuhle njengoko sinxibelelana namava ayinyani anikwa yiNew Orleans kubakhenkethi," utshilo uMark Romig, umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-NOTMC. "Sinemveliso emangalisayo esinika ukhuphiswano ngaphezu kwezinye iindawo ekuya kufikwa kuzo, kwaye sizakusebenza ukuze siqhubeke nokuzithengisa ngomsindo ngala mava kwaye sibenze bakwazi ukukhawulezisa."