Bourbon Street

This article is about the street in New Orleans. For the jazz club, see Bourbon Street (Toronto).
Looking up Bourbon Street toward the New Orleans Central Business District
Tile mosaic explaining that the name of the street was Calle de Borbón when New Orleans was capital of the Spanish Province of Louisiana from 1762 to 1803

Bourbon Street (French: Rue Bourbon, Spanish: Calle de Borbón) is a historic street in the heart of the French Quarter of New Orleans. Extending twelve blocks from Canal Street to Esplanade Avenue, Bourbon Street is famous for its many bars and strip clubs.

With 17.74 million visitors in 2017 alone, New Orleans depends on Bourbon Street as a main tourist attraction.[1] Tourist numbers have been growing yearly after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the city has successfully rebuilt its tourist base.[2] For millions of visitors each year, Bourbon Street provides a rich insight into New Orleans' past.[3][4]

  1. ^ Staff (2018-05-09). "Nearly 18 million visitors spent $8.7B in New Orleans last year". New Orleans CityBusiness. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  2. ^ "New Orleans tourism grapples with 'lost decade,' 10 years after Katrina". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  3. ^ "Bourbon Street | New Orleans Streets to Visit". www.neworleans.com. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  4. ^ "New Orleans French Quarter History, Architecture and Pictures". Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2006-10-28.