February 2026 Prepared on behalf of: Key Findings Summary impacts Hotel industry impacts City of New Orleans, dollar amounts in millions, 2025 Total impact Key findings Business sales$8,651.5Wages, salaries and other compensation$2,493.1Employment51,322GDP$4,593.0Total taxes$1,246.3State and local taxes$751.1Federal taxes$495.2 Hotel industry economic impacts in the City of New Orleans in 2025: •207 hotels•30,612 guest rooms•7.1 million room nights sold•Total impact of $8.7 billion•$2.5 billion wages and salaries supported•51,322 jobs supported•$4.6 billion contributed to GDP•$1.2 billion in total taxes generated Direct impact: hotel operations, guest ancillaryspending, capital investment Business sales$5,642.5Wages, salaries and other compensation$1,562.4Employment36,020GDP$2,919.3Total taxes$950.2State and local taxes$630.9Federal taxes$319.4 Direct impact: hotel operations Business sales$2,248.7Wages, salaries and other compensation$600.6Employment9,524GDP$1,241.2Total taxes$478.2State and local taxes$337.0Federal taxes$141.1 Additional facts for 2025: •Hotel sales of $2.2 billion (revenue, plus certain taxes)•Hotels operations directly supported 9,524 jobs and $600.6 million wages andsalaries.•Hotel operations supported $478.2 million of federal, state and local taxes.•Hotel guests spent $5.4 billion at hotels and local businesses, and ontransportation, equivalent to $756 per room night. Metrics Hotel guest spending (on-site and ancillary)$5,368.3Properties (number of hotels, motels, and B&Bs)207Guest rooms30,612Room nights sold (thousands)7,098Rooms in development1,277Hotel jobs share of total city jobs18.6% Fiscal impacts Key findings Hotel industry fiscal impacts City of New Orleans, dollar amounts in millions, 2025 City of New Orleans hotels supported $1.2 billion of total taxes in 2025. •Tax impacts of hotels include $98.1 million of taxes on lodging, including theLouisiana Stadium and Exposition District tax, the Ernest N. Morial ExhibitionHall tax, and the New Orleans occupancy privilege tax.•Locally, hotels supported a total tax revenue of $404.9 million, including$192.9 million in property tax and $194.5 million in sales tax.•Hotels supported a total of $346.2 million of state taxes and $495.2 million offederal taxes. About Oxford Economics Oxford Economics was founded in 1981 as a commercial venture with Oxford University’s business college to provide economic forecasting and modelling to UKcompanies and financial institutions expanding abroad. Since then, we have become one of the world’s foremost independent global advisory firms, providingreports, forecasts and analytical tools on 200 countries, 100 industrial sectors and over 3,000 cities. Our best-of-class global economic and industry models andanalytical tools give us an unparalleled ability to forecast external market trends and assess their economic, social and business impact. Oxford Economics employs 600 full-time staff, including 300 professional economists and analysts. Headquartered in Oxford, England, with regional centers inLondon, New York, and Singapore, Oxford Economics has offices across the globe in Belfast, Chicago, Dubai, Miami, Milan, Paris, Philadelphia, San Francisco, andWashington DC.