About City

New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. New Orleans is located on the banks of the Mississippi River. The New Orleans, a larger trading area, has a population of 4,96,000. The city is named after the Duke of Orleans. It is well known for its distinct French and Spanish Creole architecture, as well as its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage. A beguiling combination of old and new, New Orleans has been dubbed "America's Most Interesting City." For most of its history, New Orleans' status as a major port city has made it a bustling center of commerce and industry. Economic opportunity attracted hundreds of thousands of early settlers, resulting in today's ethnically diverse population of Creoles, Cajuns and those of Italian, African and Caribbean descent. While the New Orleans metro area today remains an important commercial and industrial hub, it is arguably most famous as a tourist destination. New Orleans is also famous for its cuisine, music (particularly as the birthplace of jazz), and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras. The city is often referred to as the "most unique" in the United States. New Orleans lives by its motto: "laissez le bon temps rouler!" ("Let the good times roll!").

Economy:

New Orleans has one of the largest and busiest ports in the world, and metropolitan New Orleans is a center of maritime industry. The New Orleans region also accounts for a significant portion of the nation's oil refining and petrochemical production, and serves as a white-collar corporate base for onshore and offshore petroleum and natural gas production.

New Orleans is a center for higher learning, with over 50,000 students enrolled in the region's eleven two- and four-year degree granting institutions. A top-50 research university, Tulane University, is located in New Orleans' Uptown neighborhood. Metropolitan New Orleans is a major regional hub for the health care industry and boasts a small, globally competitive manufacturing sector. The center city possesses a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial creative industries sector, and is renowned for its cultural tourism. Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.) acts as the first point-of-contact for regional economic development, coordinating between Louisiana's Department of Economic Development and the various parochial business development agencies.

Attractions:

New Orleans has many visitor attractions, from the world-renowned French Quarter; to St. Charles Avenue, (home of Tulane and Loyola Universities, the historic Pontchartrain Hotel, and many 19th-century mansions); to Magazine Street, with its boutique stores and antique shops. According to current travel guides, New Orleans is one of the top ten most-visited cities in the United States. According to the poll, New Orleans is the best U.S. city as a spring break destination and for "wild weekends", stylish boutique hotels, cocktail hours, singles/bar scenes, live music/concerts and bands, antique and vintage shops, cafés/coffee bars, neighborhood restaurants, and people watching. Art museums in the city include the Contemporary Arts Center, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) in City Park, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. New Orleans also boasts a decidedly natural side. It is home to the Audubon Nature Institute. and home to gardens which include Longue Vue House and Gardens and the New Orleans Botanical Garden. City Park, one of the country's most expansive and visited urban parks, has one of the largest stands (if not the largest stand) of oak trees in the world. The New Orleans area is home to numerous celebrations, the most popular of which is Carnival, often referred to as Mardi Gras. The largest of the city's many music festivals is the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Commonly referred to simply as "Jazz Fest", it is one of the largest music festivals in the nation, featuring crowds of people from all over the world, coming to experience music, food, arts, and crafts. New Orleans is world-famous for its food. The indigenous cuisine is distinctive and influential. 

Airport:

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is an international airport in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the city of New Orleans and is 11 miles west of downtown New Orleans. The airport's address is 900 Airline Drive in Kenner, Louisiana. Despite its status as an international airport, the majority of commercial flights offered are to domestic destinations within the United States.

Ground transportation facilities:

Bus:

Bus service between the airport and downtown New Orleans is provided by Jefferson Transit bus E-2.

Taxi:

The airport also features taxicab services furnished by third-party operators that have fixed price schedules ($36 for first two passengers, $14 for each additional passenger) for rides to the city's Central Business District. All cabs serving the airport are required to accept credit cards for all services rendered.

Hotel shuttle:

Airport Shuttle has services to most hotels and hostels in the Central Business District of New Orleans for $20 per person (one-way) and $38 per person (round-trip).

Attractions & Landmarks

• National World War II Museum.
• Mardi Gras World.
• St Louis Cathedral New Orleans.
• New Orleans Museum of Art.
• Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.
• Storyland.
• Audubon Park New Orleans.
• Audubon Zoo.
• Jackson Square New Orleans.
• Aquarium of the Americas.
• The Historic New Orleans Collection.
• New Orleans Botanical Garden.
• New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park.
• Christ Church Cathedral.