USeattle kunye neLizwe laseKing babone umthamo weendwendwe ezirekhodiweyo, inkcitho, irhafu kunye nomsebenzi onxulumene nokuhamba eSeattle naseKing County kwi2018 kunyaka wesithoba ngokulandelelana. Iziphumo zakhutshwa kwiNdibano yoNyaka ka-Seattle ka-2019 eBenaroya Hall nge-4 kaMatshi.
Ndwendwela umongameli we-Seattle kunye ne-CEO uTom Norwalk kunye nosodolophu waseSeattle uJenny Durkan bamkele ngaphezulu kwe-700 yezokhenketho kunye neengcali zeshishini kumsitho wonyaka. Izithethi zeendwendwe zibandakanya i-NHL Seattle CEO u-Tod Leiweke, uSheraton Grand Seattle Umphathi Jikelele u-Keri Robinson, i-CEO ye-MMGY yeHlabathi u-Clayton Reid, kunye no-Sihlalo we-Alaska Air Group kunye no-CEO u-Brad Tilden. Intlanganiso ibibandakanya nokudlalwa komculo nguSeattle Singer-Umbhali weNgoma uMary Lambert.
Uqikelelo lwango-2018 lweemetric eziphambili lubonisa ukuba zizonke iindwendwe ezizizigidi ezingama-40.9 zeza esixekweni nakwilizwe laseburhulumenteni ngo-2018, zenyuka ngeepesenti ezi-2.5 kunyaka ophelileyo, ngokweNgxelo kaTyelelo lwaseSeattle, eyadityaniswa ngokudibeneyo neenkampani zophando zesizwe, uKhenketho Uqoqosho kunye neLongwoods yamanye amazwe. Iindwendwe zobusuku zonyuke ngeepesenti ezi-2.3 ukuya kwizigidi ezingama-21.3.
Abo batyeleli bachitha i-7.8 yezigidigidi zeedolophu esixekweni kwi-2018 -ukunyuka okumangalisayo kweepesenti ze-5.8 kunyaka ophelileyo. Abakhenkethi bahlawule i-806 yezigidi zeerandi kurhulumente nakwasekhaya ngo-2018, ukwanda ngeepesenti ezi-5.7 kunyaka odlulileyo.
Imisebenzi enxulumene noKhenketho nayo ikhule esixekweni nakwi-County ngo-2018, bekukho imisebenzi enxulumene nohambo engama-78,400 (inyuke ngepesenti eyi-3.1) eSeattle naseQonce. Idatha yokugqibela evela kuphononongo iya kukhutshwa kwangoko ngoMeyi.
"Sikhuthazwa kakhulu ngala manani anamandla e-2018 abonisa ukukhula okuphawulekayo kwi-Seattle kunye ne-King County tourism," Ukutyelela uMongameli we-Seattle kunye ne-CEO uTom Norwalk uthe. “Ndwendwela eSeattle kunye namaqabane ethu asebenze nzima kakhulu ukwenza ukhuthazo lokuhamba kwindawo esiya kuyo kwaye ewe, siyathanda ukwabelana ngebali lethu leSixeko sase-Emerald kwihlabathi liphela. Isixeko sethu sikulungele ukukhula okuqhubekayo kunye nokufunyanwa kwakhona ngabatyeleli abaninzi ekusenokwenzeka ukuba abakhange bahambe apha mva nje ukuze babe nolu tshintsho luvuyisayo olwenzekayo.”
Ezinye izinto ezifeziweyo eziphezulu ngo-2018 ezivela kwicandelo lokuhamba kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe zibandakanya:
Ngo-2018, bekukho iihotele ezintsha ezisixhenxe ezivulwe kuyo yonke idolophu. Oku kuphuma kumagumbi ehotele angama-2,248 ongezelelweyo, nokwandisa uluhlu lweempahla nge-19% yedolophu. Olu lukonyuka oluphezulu kunikezelo ukusukela oko kwavulwa iSheraton ngo-1982.
Inyanga kaDisemba ngokwesiko lixesha lokwenyani lesixeko (inyanga enezona hotele zisezantsi kunye nezona zohambo ziphantsi). Iintlanganiso kunye neendibano zinokuba nefuthe elibonakalayo ekuhlaleni ngoDisemba ngamnye kwaye ngo-2018 oku kuyinyani ngakumbi kumagumbi amaninzi aqeshiwe kuloo nyanga phantse iminyaka engama-20 enamagumbi angaphezu kwesivumelwano ayi-13,000. I-KubeCon yeLinux Foundation ibe yimpumelelo enkulu kwaye yagcwalisa iZiko leNgqungquthela yaseWashington State kunye neehotele ezininzi kwiveki yesibini enyangeni.
Ngenxa yokufunwa kweentlanganiso eSeattle, iZiko leNgqungquthela laseWashington State laqhekeza umhlaba kwisakhiwo seNgqungquthela ngo-Agasti ka-2018, apho saqala khona ukuthengisa ngokuthe ngcembe izakhiwo zeziko lendibano. Ayikho enye indawo esiya kuyo kwindibano esiyaziyo inale meko.
I-2018 ibingunyaka wophula irekhodi kumthamo kunye nomgangatho wamaqela (iintlanganiso kunye neengqungquthela) ezihambela eSeattle, kunye nefuthe elomeleleyo kwezoqoqosho kumzi-mveliso wokubuka iindwendwe kulo mmandla kwiminyaka engama-20. Kuwo wonke u-2018, iindibano zesizwe ezingama-50 zabanjwa kwiZiko leNgqungquthela yaseWashington State, bebonke ngaphezulu kwamagumbi angama-333,000 awenze owona nyaka waba yimpumelelo.
Xa ujonga ishishini lilonke elibhukishwe nguSeattle esixekweni, ifuthe lezoqoqosho kwi2018 yayizigidi ezingama-708 zeedola, ukonyuka kwe-16%, ukusukela ngo-2017 eyayinefuthe lezoqoqosho kwi-608 yezigidi zeedola.
I-2018 ibingunyaka werekhodi kwishishini elizayo elibhukishwe eSeattle. Ishishini elibhukishwe ngo-2027 kulindeleke ukuba libe nefuthe lezoqoqosho kwi-715 yezigidi zeedola ngaphezulu kwama-704,000 egumbi lilonke lobusuku bokubhukisha.
