Louisiana attracted 42.6 milliondomestic & international visitors to the state in 2022.
Louisiana's $17.1 billion generated visitor spending in 2022 would buy 106 lbs. of crawfish tails for each Louisiana visitor.
$1.9 billion total state and local tax revenues generated by travel and tourism activities saves each household in Louisiana an additional $1,068 in taxes.
The Louisiana leisure and hospitality industry is the 4th highest employer in the state.
Top 3 - leisure travel activities for Louisiana domestic travelers are:
Shopping
Culinary/Dining Experiences
Visiting Friends and Relatives
Louisiana Facts
Nickname: "Pelican State"
State Motto: "Union, Justice and Confidence"
Population: 4,410,796 (2009 U.S. Census estimate)
State Capitol:
Located on 27 acres in Baton Rouge and was completed on March 1, 1932
The Louisiana State Capitol building is 450 feet in height - the tallest state capitol building in the U.S.
State Bird: Brown Pelican
State Flower: Magnolia
Louisiana's lowest elevation is in New Orleans, at 8 feet below sea level.
New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz music.
Southwest Louisiana's "Cajun Prairie" is the indigenous home to Cajun and zydeco music.
Cuisine that is indigenous to Louisiana includes crawfish (a tiny, freshwater shellfish resembling a miniature lobster); gumbo (a hearty soup thickened with skillet-browned oil and flour, or a "roux"); and jambalaya (a rice and meat dish similar to a Spanish paella).
Louisiana is one of the largest fur producers in the U.S. Species harvested annually include beaver, bobcat, coyote, gray fox, mink, muskrat, nutria, opossum, raccoon, red fox and river otter.
Avery Island's salt mine was encountered in 1862, making it the oldest in the Western Hemisphere
