Ezokhenketho eWashington, DC: 21.9 yezigidi zeendwendwe zasekhaya ngo-2018

Indawo ye-DC (i-DDC) namhlanje ibhengeze ukuba iWashington, DC itsale irekhodi lama-21.9 ezigidi zeendwendwe zasekhaya ngonyaka ka-2018, unyaka wesithoba olandelelanayo wokukhula kwezokhenketho. U-Elliott L. Ferguson, II, umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-DDC, babhengeze ifuthe lokhenketho kwi-DC neenkokheli zedolophu kunye nabachaphazelekayo kwiRally Rally yonyaka yombutho.

"Isigidigidi se-1.1 seendwendwe zasekhaya esiya kwi-DC kunyaka-mali yinto enkulu esixekweni," utshilo uFerguson. "Njengokuba sithengisa isixeko ngephulo lethu 'lokufumanisa eyona Real DC,' siyaqhubeka nokubonisa iindwendwe ezinokubakho ukuba kuninzi kakhulu esinokukubona kwaye sikwenze eWashington, DC ngaphaya korhulumente wobumbano kwaye sakhe ngamandla ethu okugcina utyelelo esixekweni. . ”

Inkcitho yabatyeleli kwi-2018 ifikelele kwi- $ 7.8 yezigidigidi, ngokwe-IHS Markit, inyuke nge-4.3%, ekhokelela kwizigidi zeerandi ezingama-851 zerhafu yengingqi efunyanwa sisiThili. Ngaphandle kokhenketho, phantse ama-300,000 amakhaya e-DC kuya kufuneka enze igalelo elingaphezulu kwe- $ 2,844 kwikhaya ngalinye kwirhafu ukugcina inqanaba langoku leerisithi zerhafu yeDC. Ekujongeni inkcitho ngakumbi, abahambi lokuzonwabisa babalelwa kwi-61% yeendwendwe kunye ne-43% yenkcitho. Inkcitho yolonwabo inyuke nge-13% ngonyaka-ngaphezulu konyaka. Abahambi bamashishini babalelwa kwi-39% yeendwendwe kunye ne-57% yenkcitho. Kwi-2018, inkcitho yezokhenketho ixhase imisebenzi engama-76,522 eWashington, DC kuwo onke amashishini, eyi-2% ngaphezulu kwe-2017.

"Ukukhula okuqhubekayo kweshishini lethu lezokhenketho kubonisa amandla kunye nempumelelo yeWashington, DC," utshilo uSodolophu uMuriel Bowser. Ukusuka kwimidlalo ukuya kwiivenkile zokutyela ukuya kwiindawo zomculo kunye neemyuziyam, kuninzi ekufuneka sikwenzile kwaye sikubone kwisixeko sethu kunanini na ngaphambili. Siyazingca ngokwamkela abantu abavela kwihlabathi liphela -ukubabonisa isixeko esihlala abantu abangaphezulu kwama-700,000, ukuvula amathuba emisebenzi kunye namathuba oshishino lwasekhaya, nokwabelana ngembali nenkcubeko eyenze iDC yaba sisixeko esihle emhlabeni."

IRally yezohambo ye-DDC ibibanjelwe ukuxhasa iVeki kaZwelonke yezoKhenketho noKhenketho, eyilelwe ukuvelisa ulwazi ngokubaluleka kwezoqoqosho kwezohambo. Umbutho wezokuHamba wase-US, uFerguson ongusihlalo ngoku, uququzelela izixhobo zokusebenza ngexesha leVeki yokuHamba kaZwelonke kunye neVeki yoKhenketho.

"Indawo ekuhambo kuyo i-Rally ye-DC ibonise ukuba izibonelelo zokuhamba zivakala ekuhlaleni, kodwa ukubaluleka kokuhamba kuzwelonke," utshilo uMongameli we-US Travel Association kunye ne-CEO uRoger Dow. Kunyaka ophelileyo, inkcitho yokuhamba ivelise i-2.5, 15.7 yezigidigidi zeedola kwimveliso yezoqoqosho kwaye ixhase imisebenzi yaseMelika ezizigidi ezili-69 Ukhenketho luvelise intsalela yorhwebo engama-2018 eebhiliyoni zeerandi ngo-XNUMX — ezona zikumgangatho wokuhamba njengeyona nkonzo inkulu yaseMelika yokuthumela ngaphandle kunye neyesibini ngobukhulu kumazwe angaphandle. ”

UChris Thompson, umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-Brand USA, wathetha ngendlela umbutho wokuthengisa indawo yokuya e-US ulwela iindwendwe ezininzi zamazwe ngamazwe.

“Indawo ekuyiwa kuyo DC liqabane elixabisekileyo. Sisonke, sibonisa abahambi bamazwe aphesheya ubutyebi obufihliweyo bekomkhulu lesizwe sethu, kubandakanya nangaphaya kwamatye ezikhumbuzo kunye neemyuziyam kwiindawo ezingabamelwane, umculo wenkcubeko, kunye nendawo yayo yokutya eyandayo, ”utshilo uThompson. "Nokuba sibamba iintatheli ezityeleleyo okanye urhwebo lokuhamba, okanye sifaka ibali likaDC kwiphulo lokuthengisa, sihlala sikhangela iindlela zokuqaqambisa konke okwenza iDC ibe yindawo ekumgangatho wokuhamba ehlabathini."

Indawo yesibhengezo, uWoodrow Wilson Plaza, wakhethwa ngenxalenye yeMyuziyam yaBantwana yeSizwe ekulindeleke ukuba ivulwe eRonald Reagan Building ngoNovemba 1 kunye nomzobo wayo ukunceda ukutsala abahambi bosapho.

“Siyavuya ukuba neZiko loLondolozo lweMbali yeSizwe lizibandakanye nathi, kufanelekile,” utshilo uJohn Drew, umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-TCMA (iNkampani ye-Drew), umphathi okhethekileyo we-Ronald Reagan Building kunye ne-International Trade Centre. “Esi sakhiwo sisembindini wedolophu, sele samkela iindwendwe ezingaphezu kwesigidi ngonyaka; Indawo esikuyo ikufuphi ne-National Mall kwaye ibonelela nge-metro ekwisiza, indawo yokupaka kunye nenkundla yokutya, ebonelela ngendlela elula yokufikelela kunye nokunceda iindwendwe.

Iindwendwe zifumana izizathu ezininzi zokuza eWashington, DC ngo-2019 nangaphaya e-washington.org: iMyuziyam ye-International Spy iphinda ivulwe e-L'Enfant Plaza (ngoMeyi 12), i-DC Bike Ride (ngoMeyi 18), isikhumbuzo se-15 se-DC Jazz Festival ( NgoJuni 7-16), ukuvulwa kwakhona kwe "iHolo kaDavid H. Koch yeeFossils - Ixesha elinzulu" kwiMyuziyam yeMbali yeNdalo yaseSmithsonian (Juni 8), itumente ye-2019 ye-Citi Open tennis (ngoJulayi 27 - Agasti. 4), ukuvulwa kwakhona kweWashington Isikhumbuzo (ngo-Agasti), ukuvulwa kwe-REACH kwiZiko likaJohn F. Kennedy loBugcisa boBugcisa (ngoSeptemba 7) kunye nokuvulwa kweMyuziyam yeSizwe yaBantwana kwiSakhiwo sikaRonald Reagan kunye neZiko lezoRhwebo lwaMazwe ngaMazwe (ngoNov. 1).

Ngo-2019, iWashington, DC yamkela iintlanganiso ezingama-20 zedolophu iphela (iintlanganiso ezinamagumbi angama-2,500 370,000 ngobusuku kwigumbi eliphezulu nangaphezulu), ukuvelisa ngaphezulu kwama-3,263 amagumbi ewonke ebusuku. Iihotele ezilishumi elinesithandathu kumbhobho ziya kongeza amagumbi angama-XNUMX esixekweni.