Indawo oya kuyo DC (DDC) namhlanje ubhengeze irekhodi 22.8 million abandwendweli lilonke kwikomkhulu lesizwe 2017, up 3.6% phezu 2016. Elliott L. Ferguson, II, umongameli kunye CEO Destination DC, uqinisekise unyaka ibhanile kushishino lwezokhenketho DC kumbutho yonyaka INtlanganiso yokuJonga iNtengiso ebibanjelwe e-Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium kunye neenkokheli zesixeko, abachaphazelekayo kunye nokhenketho lwasekhaya kunye namashishini obubele.
"IWashington, DC yamkele iindwendwe zasekhaya ezingama-20.8 kulo nyaka uphelileyo, zinyuke nge-4.2%, kunye neendwendwe ezizizigidi ezi-2 zaphesheya, zinyuke nge-2.5%," utshilo uFerguson. “Sibone iminyaka esibhozo yolwando olulandelelanayo. Ekugqibeleni, into esiyenzayo ukutsala abakhenkethi kukukhula kwezoqoqosho, nto leyo ephumela kwi-7.5 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ezichithwa ngabakhenkethi.”
Kwi-2017, ukhenketho luxhase ngokuthe ngqo imisebenzi ye-75,048 ye-DC, i-0.5% ngaphezu kwe-2016 kwaye idlula i-75,000 okokuqala ngqa ukususela ngo-2013. Ngokutsho kwe-IHS Markit, inkcitho yasekhaya neyamazwe ngamazwe yayiyi-3.1% kwaye yadlula i-$ 7 yezigidigidi okwesithathu. Uhambo lweshishini lubalele i-41% yotyelelo kunye ne-60% yenkcitho. Inkcitho yolonwabo inyuke nge-5.9% kwaye inkcitho kushishino inyuke nge-1.3%.
“Ukukhula kokhenketho kulungile kumashishini asekhaya kwaye kulungile kubantu baseWashington,” utshilo uSodolophu uMuriel E. Bowser. "Xa iindwendwe zikhetha i-DC - xa zisitya kwiivenkile zokutyela, zihlale kwiihotele zethu, kwaye zindwendwele iindawo esihlala kuzo - siyakwazi ukusasaza impumelelo kunye nokwakha iindlela eziya kudidi oluphakathi kubahlali kuzo zonke iiwadi ezisibhozo."
I-DDC ikwabhengeze izicwangciso zokuzinzisa isantya sokunyuka kutyelelo ngokujonga kwangaphambili iphulo elitsha lentengiso elibizwa ngokuba yi “Discover the Real DC” (khuphela okanye ujonge ividiyo yephulo) phantsi kohlobo lwayo lweminyaka emihlanu “DC Cool”. Ukwenza eli phulo, i-DDC isebenze kunye nabaHlalutyi beNdawo yokuFikela kuphando lwesiqhelo kwiimarike ezijoliswe kuzo zasekhaya ecaleni kwepaseji yoNxweme lwaseMpuma kunye neChicago neLos Angeles. Abantu abasibhozo abakhenkethi abanokuthi bandwendwele i-DC bavele kudliwanondlebe oluphilayo kunye novavanyo lwamawakawaka abathengi.
I-personas ibandakanya: uMhambi we-Eclectic Cultural, onomdla ngokukodwa kubugcisa; Abahambi beSapho abafuna imfundo yosapho kunye nolonwabo; Isihlwele esipholileyo, sibeka phambili iindawo zokuya kwindawo ezinesitayile nge-buzz yemidiya yoluntu; I-African-American History Buffs, itsaleleke kwiindawo ekusingwa kuzo ezinokubaluleka kwembali yase-Afrika-yaseMelika; I-LGBTQ, abahambi abachonga njenge-LGBTQ kwaye i-LGBTQ-friendly indawo yasedolophini ingundoqo; Foodies, abafuna indawo yokutyela ephawulekayo kunye nabapheki abadumileyo; IiJunkies zezopolitiko, ezikhangayo kwiindawo ezinokubaluleka kwezopolitiko kwaye zifuna ukufumana amava apho imbali yenziwa khona; kunye nabathandi beMidlalo, abanomdla kwimidlalo ekumgangatho wehlabathi xa bechonga iindawo ekunokusingwa kuzo.
"Uphando lusivumela ukuba sibe ne-nimble ngakumbi kwintengiso yethu kwaye sithethe ngokuthe ngqo kwizinto ezinomdla wabathengi," kusho uRobin A. McClain, usekela-mongameli ophezulu, ukuthengisa kunye nonxibelelwano, i-DDC. "IWashington, DC inamava afunwa ngabatyeleli, nokuba yimbali, indawo eyahluka-hlukeneyo neyamkelekileyo okanye indawo yokutyela epholileyo yaseMichelin."
Ukujonga utyelelo lwaphesheya, iChina iyaqhubeka ukuba yimalike ephezulu ye-DC kunye neendwendwe ezingama-324,000, zinyuke nge-6.6% ngaphezulu kuka-2016. Kwi-FY2019, i-DDC iya kuqhubeka nokukhulisa ubukho bayo kwi-WeChat kunye neNkqubo yayo yamava eSixeko, kunye nenkqubo yokuqinisekisa ilungu le-Welcome China. .
Iimarike eziphezulu ze-10 zaphesheya kwe-Washington, DC ngo-2017, ngokomyalelo wokutyelela: i-China, i-United Kingdom, i-Jamani, i-South Korea, i-France, i-Australia, i-Indiya, i-Japan, i-Spain kunye ne-Itali. Nangona abatyeleli baphesheya kweelwandle bemele i-9% yenani lilonke labatyeleli eDC, abatyeleli bamazwe ngamazwe [abatyeleli baphesheya kweelwandle kunye nabasuka eKhanada naseMexico] bamele i-27% yenkcitho yeendwendwe.
"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."
Ngo-2019, i-DC iya kwamkela iindibano zedolophu ezingama-21 kunye neminyhadala ekhethekileyo (ubusuku bamagumbi angama-2,500 kwindawo ephezulu nangaphezulu), ivelisa ubusuku obungama-359,557 begumbi kunye nefuthe loqoqosho eliqikelelweyo le-341 yezigidi zeedola. Iziganeko ezinkulu ziquka i-American Academy of Dermatology (ngoMatshi 1-5), NAFSA: Umbutho wabaFundisi bamazwe ngamazwe (ngoMeyi 28-31), i-American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (Oct. 21-25) kunye ne-American Society of Nephrology (Nov. 8) -11).
IWashington, DC yamkela iindiza ezintsha kunye ne-inventri yehotele ukukhuthaza ukutyelelwa kunyaka ozayo. Inkonzo entsha yomoya engamisiyo kwiSikhululo seenqwelomoya saMazwe ngaMazwe saseDulles isungulwa isuka eLondon Stansted (Aug. 22) naseBrussels (ngoJuni 2, 2019) ePrimera Air, eHong Kong eCathay Pacific (ngoMsintsi. 15) naseTel Aviv eUnited (ngoMeyi 22, 2019) . Kukho iihotele ezingama-21 kumbhobho wokongeza amagumbi angama-4,764 esixekweni, kubandakanywa i-Eaton Workshop kunye ne-Moxy Washington, DC Downtown, zombini ekulindeleke ukuba zivule kweli hlobo.
Imitsalane emitsha, uhlaziyo kunye nemiboniso ngumzobo. I-National Law Enforcement Museum ivula ngo-Oktobha 13. Ngo-2019, inkqubo yedolophu yonke iya kujikeleza isikhumbuzo se-100 se-19th Amendment, eyanika abafazi ilungelo lokuvota. IMyuziyam yeHlabathi yeeNtlola ifudukela e-L'Enfant Plaza kwaye iphinde ivulwe ngentwasahlobo elandelayo. Isikhumbuzo saseWashington sivulwa kwakhona ngentwasahlobo ezayo kwaye iMyuziyam yeSizwe yeMbali yeNdalo yeSmithsonian “Fossil Hall” iya kuvulwa kwakhona ngoJuni. Iziko likaJohn F. Kennedy lokwandiswa koBugcisa boQoqosho (i-REACH) livula ngoSeptemba 7, 2019.
