NEW ORLEANS, LA - Ho latela Mokhatlo oa Greater New Orleans Hotel and Lodging Association, ho behela liphaposi tsa hotele ho ka pele ho lebelo bakeng sa sehla sa 2009 sa Mardi Gras. Mavis Early, motsamaisi ea ka sehloohong oa mokhatlo, o itse, "Ka sebele ho bonahala eka ena e tla ba Mardi Gras e atlehileng ka ho fetisisa ho tloha ka 2004." Kakaretso e lekantsoeng ea ba bileng teng bakeng sa Mardi Gras (http://www.mardigrasday.com/) pele ho 2006 e ne e ka ba milione.
Karolo ea phihlelo ea Amerika ho tloha mathoasong a lilemo tsa bo-1700, Mardi Gras, kapa Fat Tuesday, ke la 24 Hlakola selemong sena. Ho latela phuputso e entsoeng ke Univesithi ea New Orleans, mokete ona o hlahisa chelete e hakanyetsoang ho US$840 milione ka selemo. Lipalo tsa selemo se fetileng li bontša hore batho ba 750,000-850,000 ba ile ba ea Mardi Gras. 'Me ha ho le e' ngoe ea lipalo e kenyelletsang chelete e fetang milione e le 'ngoe, baeti ba letsatsi kapa tšebeliso ea chelete ea lehae.
Mary Beth Romig oa New Orleans Metropolitan Convention le Baeti Bureau o bontšitse hore Mardi Gras hase feela monate oa New Orleans; ke khoebo ea bohlokoa e kenyang chelete le ho boloka batho ba hiroa, eseng kamehla ntho e bonolo linakong tsena tse thata tsa moruo. Romig o itse, "Lihotele tsa rona li itšetlehile ka ketsahalo ena, joalo ka lireschorente, li-club, le likhoebo tsa 'mme le pop' ho pholletsa le toropo. Kahoo, phello ea Carnival e bohlokoa molemong oa moruo oa toropo ea rona, hammoho le mahlahahlaha a setso sa rona.
Lipapali li qala ka la 7 Hlakola, tse tsebahalang ka ho phaphamala ka mokhoa o fetelletseng le libapali tse apereng ka mokhoa o fetelletseng ba akhelang lifaha tse tummeng tse tala, tse pherese le tsa khauta. Baeti ba bangata ba tla qala ho fihla Labohlano la la 20 Hlakola, 'me lihotele li thusa moea oa mokete ka ho fana ka liphutheloana tse khethehileng tsa Mardi Gras. Lipapali tse kholohali tsa Endymion le Bacchus, tse reriloeng ka Moqebelo le Sontaha pele ho Fat Labobeli, li na le kakaretso e kopaneng ea 75, lihlopha tse tsamaeang tse 60, le likarolo tse fetang 250. Litho tsa bona tse 2,300 li akhela likopi tse fetang limilione tse 1.5, li-doubloons tse limilione tse 2.5, le lifaha tse 200,000 tse felletseng.
Ka nalane e kholo ka ho amohela baeti ka mofuthu, Big Easy e na le liketsahalo tse ngata, liketsahalo le libaka tse khahlang ho boloka baeti ba tšoarehile nakong ea ha ba le toropong. Sehlohlolo sa ts'ebetso e tla ba sebaka se tummeng sa Fora se nang le libaka tsa lijo tsa Cajun, meaho ea nako, limusiamo le lireschorente. Liketsahalo tse ikhethang li kenyelletsa Mokete oa Big Easy Blues ka la 14 Hlakubele New Orleans Arena. Khalendara e feletseng ea liketsahalo ho pholletsa le sebaka seo, hammoho le tlhahisoleseding e mabapi le lihotele, lireschorente, libaka tse hohelang, le lintho tsohle-Mardi-Gras, li fumaneha ho websaeteng: http://www.mardigrasday.com.
