New Orleans welcomed a whopping 43 million visitors in 2023 – a staggering118 times the city's population of 364,136. While tourism is a crucial money-spinner for the Big Easy, it's brought a whole host of problems, particularly to the city's congested French Quarter. Drunken throngs, noise pollution, displacement of local businesses and other negatives blight the lives of the long-suffering locals, who have it especially bad during Spring Break.

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