Katrina's Impact on Tourism

Essay # 63133

Geology and Geophysics > Meteorology
Tourism

An analysis of how Hurricane Katrina affected the tourism industry.

700 words () | 5 sources | MLA | 2005 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses how the tourism industry should respond to high risk travel destinations. The paper explains how the hurricane season devastated much of the tourism industry in the United States. The paper focuses on Hurricane Katrina which affected tourism in areas outside the Gulf region. The paper explores the economic impact on tourism, its closely tied convention industry and a call for tourism security.

From the Paper:

"These stark figures focus on New Orleans, however, Hurricane Katrina's economic impact on tourism reaches far and wide. Mississippi has lost $2.8 billion in travel spending, while Alabama needs to recoup $2 billion in lost tourism revenue. Diane Mosson is the director of Unpackaged Holidays in Birmingham, England has experienced the economic realities on the tourism trade across the Atlantic. Britons visit New Orleans as one of their favorite tourist destinations. She is dismayed by the paralysis of tour bus operations as well as the smaller cruise operations. (Mosson 1)"