Indawo ye-DC (i-DDC) namhlanje ibhengeze iirekhodi ezingama-22.8 ezigidi zabatyeleli kwikomkhulu lesizwe kwi-2017, inyuka nge-3.6% ngaphezulu kwe-2016. UElliott L. Ferguson, II, umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-Destination DC, uqinisekise unyaka webhanile ye-DC's tourism industry kwi-Marketing Outlook Meeting yonyaka yombutho ebibanjelwe e-Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium kunye neenkokheli zesixeko, abachaphazelekayo kunye nokhenketho lwasekhaya kunye namashishini okwamkela iindwendwe.
"Washington, DC yamkele izigidi ezingama-20.8 zeendwendwe zasekhaya kunyaka ophelileyo, inyuke nge-4.2%, kunye nezigidi ezi-2 zabatyeleli baphesheya, inyuka nge-2.5%, ”utshilo uFerguson. “Sibonile iminyaka esibhozo yokukhula ngokulandelelana. Ekupheleni kosuku, into esiyenzayo ukutsala iindwendwe luphuhliso loqoqosho, olukhokelela ekubeni $ 7.5 billion zichithwa ngabahambi. ”
n 2017, ukhenketho luxhase ngokuthe ngqo imisebenzi engama-75,048 DC, yenyuka nge-0.5% ngaphezulu kuka-2016 kwaye yadlula kwi-75,000 okokuqala ukusukela ngo-2013. Ngokwe-IHS Markit, inkcitho yasekhaya neyamazwe aphesheya ibinyuke nge-3.1% kwaye yadlula kwi-7 yezigidigidi zeedola okwesithathu. Ukuhamba kweshishini kubalwa i-41% yotyelelo kunye ne-60% yenkcitho. Inkcitho yolonwabo inyuke nge-5.9% kwaye inkcitho yeshishini inyuke nge-1.3%.
“Ukukhula kwezokhenketho kulungile kwishishini lendawo kwaye kulungele ukuhlanjwa kwabantu,” utshilo uSodolophu UMuriel E. Bowser. "Xa iindwendwe zikhetha iDC - xa bezokutya kwiivenkile zethu zokutyela, bahlala kwiihotele zethu, kwaye batyelele neendawo esihlala kuzo - siyakwazi ukusasaza ukuchuma kwaye sakhe iindlela ezongezelelekileyo zodidi oluphakathi lwabahlali kuzo zonke iiwadi ezisibhozo."
I-DDC ikwabhengeze izicwangciso zokugcina amandla e-ttick ngokundwendwela kuqala iphulo elitsha lentengiso elibizwa ngokuba yi "Fumanisa i-Real DC" phantsi kwegama layo leminyaka emihlanu "DC Cool". Ukwenza eli phulo, i-DDC isebenze nabahlalutyi bendawo ekuyiwa kuyo kwindawo ekujoliswe kuyo kwiimarike zasekhaya ezikwi-East Coast corridor ngokunjalo Chicago kwaye los Angeles. Abantu abasibhozo babandwendweli abanokuthi batyelele iDC bavela kudliwanondlebe kunye nophando lwamawaka abathengi.
Ii-personas zibandakanya: Umhambi weNkcubeko ye-Eclectic, ngokukodwa abanomdla kubugcisa; Abahambi Beentsapho ukukhangela imfundo yosapho kunye nokonwaba; i Isihlwele esipholileyo, ukubeka phambili iindawo ezinesitayile kunye nokuncokola kwimidiya yoluntu;Iimbali zeMbali zase-Afrika naseMelika, Ukutsalwa kukufikelwa ziindawo ezinembali eyomeleleyo yase-Afrika naseMelika; LGBTQ, abahambi bachonga njenge-LGBTQ kwaye indawo ye-LGBTQ-enobubele kwidolophu ephambili; Ukutya, abafuna indawo yokutyela ephawuleka kunye nabapheki abadumileyo; IiJunkies zezopolitiko, batsaleleke kwiindawo ezinokubaluleka kwezopolitiko kwaye bafuna amava apho kwenziwa khona imbali; kwaye Abalandeli bezeMidlalo, onomdla kwimidlalo ekumgangatho wehlabathi xa uchonga iindawo ezinokubakho.
"Uphando lusivumela ukuba sibenakho ngakumbi ukuthengisa kwaye sithethe ngokuthe ngqo kwimidla yabathengi," utshilo URobin A. McClain, usekela mongameli omkhulu, ukuthengisa kunye nonxibelelwano, i-DDC. "Washington, DC inamava alindelwe ngabakhenkethi, nokuba yimbali, umoya owahlukileyo nowamkelekileyo okanye indawo yokutyela ethandwayo eMicrosoft. ”
Ukujonga ukutyelelwa phesheya kolwandle, iTshayina iyaqhubeka ukuba yeyona ntengiso iphambili yeDC kunye nabakhenkethi abangama-324,000, inyuke nge-6.6% ngaphezulu konyaka ka-2016. Kwi-FY2019, i-DDC iya kuqhubeka nokukhulisa ubukho bayo kwi-WeChat nakwiNkqubo yayo yesiXeko yamava eSixeko, kunye nenkqubo yayo yokwamkelwa kwelungu lase China.
Iimarike eziphezulu ezili-10 zaphesheya Washington, DC ngo-2017, ngokulandelelana kotyelelo: iTshayina, iunited Kingdom, Jemani , emaznstie ekorea, Fransi , Ostreliya, Indiya , Japhan, Speyin kwaye ElamaTaliyane. Nangona iindwendwe zaphesheya kwezilwandle zimele i-9% yenani elipheleleyo labatyeleli be-DC, abatyeleli bamanye amazwe [abatyeleli baphesheya kunye neendwendwe ezivela Khanada kwaye Mekhsikho] zimele ama-27% enkcitho kubatyeleli.
"Ngelixa besonwabile ukubona ukukhula kotyelelo lwaphesheya, sijamelene nezinto ezithile malunga nemo yezopolitiko kunye nendlela i-US ebonwa ngayo kwihlabathi liphela," utshilo uFerguson. "Yiyo loo nto sisenza konke okusemandleni ukwamkela uluntu lwehlabathi kunye nokunyusa ukumelwa kwethu kwilizwe liphela kwiimarike ezimiselweyo nezisakhasayo."
Kwi-2019, i-DC iyakwamkela iindibano ezingama-21 zedolophu yonke kunye neziganeko ezizodwa (amagumbi angama-2,500 359,557 ngobusuku kwigumbi nangaphezulu), ivelisa ubusuku bamagumbi angama-XNUMX kunye nefuthe loqoqosho eliqikelelweyo $ 341 yezigidi. Imicimbi emikhulu ibandakanya iAmerican Academy of Dermatology (Matshi 1-5), NAFSA: Umbutho wabahlohli bamanye amazwe (Meyi 28-31IZiko laseMelika leAeronautics kunye neAstronautics (Oktog. 21-25) kunye noMbutho waseMelika weNephrology (NgoNovemba 8-11).
Washington, DC yamkela iinqwelomoya ezintsha kunye ne-inventri yehotele ukukhuthaza ukutyelelwa kunyaka ozayo. Inkonzo entsha yomoya engamisiyo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iDulles isungulwe ukusuka eLondon Stansted (Agasti 22) Kunye Brussels(Juni 2, 2019) KwiPrimera Air, Hong Kong kwiCathay Pacific (Sept. 15) KunyeTel Aviv kumanyano (Ngamana 22, 2019). Kukho iihotele ezingama-21 kumbhobho owongeza amagumbi angama-4,764 esixekweni, kubandakanya i-Eaton Workshop kunye neMoxyWashington, DC Idolophu yedolophu, bobabini kulindeleke ukuba bavule eli hlobo.
Umtsalane omtsha, ukulungiswa kunye nemiboniso kukuzoba. UMyuziyam kaZwelonke woNyanzeliso-mthetho uyavulwa Oktobha 13. Ngo-2019, inkqubo yedolophu iya kujikeleza i-100th isikhumbuzo se-19th Uhlengahlengiso, olunika abantu basetyhini ilungelo lokuvota. IMyuziyam yoHlola yeHlabathi ihambela e-L'Enfant Plaza kwaye iphinde ivule intwasahlobo elandelayo. Isikhumbuzo saseWashington siza kuvulwa kwakhona ngentwasahlobo elandelayo kwaye iSmithsonian National Museum yeMbali yezeNdalo "IHolo leFossil" liza kuvulwa kwakhona ngoJuni. IZiko likaJohn F.Kennedy lokwandiswa koBugcisa boBugcisa (i-REACH) liyavula Sept. 7, 2019.
Ukufumana amanye amanqaku ophuhliso, ndwendwela Washington.org.
