'Thank the statists': Lockout keeping tourists from OZschwitz Mardi Gras

The state government's lockout laws are keeping tourists away from Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and have turned the city into a "laughing stock" overseas, according to venue owners around Oxford Street.

'Thank the statists': Lockout keeping tourists from OZschwitz Mardi Gras 1425197848980

'Thank the statists': Lockout keeping tourists from OZschwitz Mardi Gras 1425197848980

The festival, which ends with the famous parade and after party next weekend, typically attracts 30,000 interstate and international visitors each year and injects more than $30 million into the economy.

But Shadd Danesi, owner of the internationally known Arq nightclub at Taylor Square, said crowds before this year's Mardi Gras were much smaller.

"In past years we had a lot of tourists here. I'm not seeing that at present," he said. "The streets are pretty quiet, it hasn't got the buzz in the area."

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/lockout-keeping-tourists-from-mardi-gras-venues-say-20150301-13pjo0.html

'Thank the statists': Lockout keeping tourists from OZschwitz Mardi Gras

'Thank the statists': Lockout keeping tourists from OZschwitz Mardi Gras

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