However, the areas of interest to tourists such as the French Quarter, the shopping district on Magazine, and Downtown are open for business as these areas are naturally on higher ground and therefore sustained less damage.
Water, air and land tests in these areas have also proven that it is safe.
New Orleans is still a destination that should be considered and sought after.
Start your visit by taking the streetcar to the French Quarter.
A walk through the street gives you the opportunity to admire the lacy, wrought-iron balconies or to be mesmerized by a street musician playing on the Moonwalk across from Jackson Square.
Here you can tour a world-renown exhibit that will take you back to the days when jazz was bornThere's always a party on Bourbon Street, an antique you can't live without on Royal or Chartres.
The list of must-dos here is as long as the main parade route on Mardi Gras day.
You can check out the always-changing exhibits at the Aquarium of the Americas, visit Louis Armstrong at the wax museum, or you can just park yourself on a bench in Woldenberg Park and watch the river roll by.
Head toward the Warehouse District, famous for its chic art galleries.
At the Louisiana Children's Museum you can take a seat and let your kids serve you some plastic bacon and eggs at the cafe.
If you're a history buff, head for Chalmette, where the Battle of New Orleans was fought by a future president (Andrew Jackson) and a patriotic pirate (Jean Lafitte).
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