I-Destination DC (DDC) namuhla imemezele irekhodi lezivakashi eziyizigidi ezingama-22.8 enhlokodolobha yezwe ngo-2017, inyuke ngo-3.6% ngo-2016. Elliott L. Ferguson, II, umongameli kanye no-CEO we-Destination DC, uqinisekise unyaka we-banner wemboni yezokuvakasha ye-DC eMhlanganweni waminyaka yonke we-Marketing Outlook Meeting obuse-Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium nabaholi bedolobha, ababambiqhaza namabhizinisi endawo nezindawo zokuvakasha.
"Washington, DC yamukele izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-20.8 ngonyaka odlule, inyuke ngo-4.2%, kwathi izivakashi zaphesheya kwezilwandle ezingu-2 million, inyuke ngo-2.5%,” kusho uFerguson. “Sibone ukukhula kweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ilandelana. Ekugcineni, esikwenzayo ukuheha izivakashi ukuthuthukiswa komnotho, okuholela $ 7.5 billion edliwa abahambi.”
n 2017, ezokuvakasha zisekele ngokuqondile imisebenzi engu-75,048 DC, inyuke ngo-0.5% ngo-2016 futhi yadlula 75,000 ngokokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-2013. Ngokusho kwe-IHS Markit, ukusetshenziswa kwemali yasekhaya neyamazwe ngamazwe kukhuphuke ngo-3.1% futhi kwedlula i-$7 billion okwesithathu. Ukuvakasha kwebhizinisi kubalele u-41% wokuvakasha kanye no-60% wezindleko. Izindleko zokungcebeleka zikhuphuke ngo-5.9% kanti izindleko zebhizinisi zikhuphuke ngo-1.3%.
"Ukukhula kwezokuvakasha kuhle ebhizinisini lendawo futhi kuhle kubantu baseWashington," kusho iMeya UMuriel E. Bowser. "Lapho izivakashi zikhetha i-DC - lapho zidla ezindaweni zethu zokudlela, zihlala emahhotela ethu, futhi zivakashela izindawo esihlala kuzo - siyakwazi ukusabalalisa ukuchuma futhi sakhe izindlela eziya kubantu besigaba esiphakathi kubahlali kuzo zonke izigceme eziyisishiyagalombili."
I-DDC iphinde yamemezela izinhlelo zokusimamisa umfutho wokunyuka kokuvakasha ngokubuka kuqala umkhankaso omusha wokukhangisa obizwa nge-“Discover the Real DC” ngaphansi kohlobo lwayo lwe-“DC Cool” oluneminyaka emihlanu ubudala. Ukuze kudaleke umkhankaso, i-DDC isebenze nabahlaziyi Bendawo ocwaningweni lwangokwezifiso ezimakethe zayo zasekhaya ezihlosiwe eduze komhubhe wase-East Coast kanye Chicago futhi e-Los Angeles. Abantu abayisishiyagalombili bezivakashi okungenzeka bavakashele i-DC bavele ezingxoxweni ezibukhoma nezinhlolovo zezinkulungwane zabathengi.
Abantu bahlanganisa: i I-Eclectic Cultural Traveler, unentshisekelo ngokukhethekile kwezobuciko; Abahambi Bomndeni ngifuna imfundo yomndeni kanye nokuzijabulisa; i Cool Isixuku, ukubeka phambili izindawo okuyiwa kuzo ezithandwayo nge-buzz yenkundla yezokuxhumana;Ama-African-American History Buffs, ukukhangwa izindawo okuyiwa kuzo ezinokubaluleka okuqinile komlando wase-Afrika-waseMelika; I-LGBTQ, abahambi abahlonza njenge-LGBTQ futhi okuyisihluthulelo sabo se-LGBTQ yasemadolobheni; Ukudla, abafuna indawo yokudlela ephawulekayo nabapheki abadumile; AmaJunkie Ezombusazwe, ukukhangwa izindawo ezinokubaluleka kwezombusazwe futhi bafuna ukuzwa lapho kugcinwa khona umlando; futhi Abathandi bezemidlalo, ehlatshwe umxhwele imidlalo esezingeni lomhlaba lapho ehlonza izindawo ezingase zibe khona.
“Ucwaningo lusivumela ukuthi sibe nesineke ngokumaketha kwethu futhi sikhulume ngqo nezintshisakalo zabathengi,” kusho URobin A. McClain, iphini likamongameli omkhulu, ezokukhangisa nokuxhumana, i-DDC. “Washington, DC inokuhlangenwe nakho izivakashi ezikufunayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umlando, isimo esihlukile nesamukelayo noma indawo yokudlela elinganiselwe ye-Michelin.”
Ngibheke ukuvakashelwa phesheya kwezilwandle, China iyaqhubeka nokuba yimakethe ehamba phambili ye-DC ngezivakashi ezingu-324,000, ikhuphuke ngo-6.6% ngo-2016. Ngo-FY2019, i-DDC izoqhubeka nokukhulisa ukuba khona kwayo ku-WeChat kanye nohlelo lwayo lwe-City Experience Mini, kanye nohlelo lwayo lokunikeza izitifiketi ze-Welcome China.
Izimakethe ezi-10 ezihamba phambili zaphesheya kwezilwandle Washington, DC ngo-2017, ngokulandelana kokuvakashelwa: China, i-United Kingdom, Germany, INingizimu Korea, France, Australia, India, Japan, Spain futhi Italy. Nakuba abavakashi baphesheya kwezilwandle bamele u-9% yenani eliphelele lezivakashi ezivakashela e-DC, izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe [izivakashi zaphesheya kwezilwandle kanye nezivakashi ezivela Canada futhi Mexico] imele u-27% wezindleko zezivakashi.
"Ngenkathi sikujabulele ukubona ukukhula kokuvakasha phesheya kwezilwandle, sibhekene namaqiniso athile ngesimo sezepolitiki nokuthi i-US ibonwa kanjani emhlabeni jikelele," kusho uFerguson. “Kungakho senza konke esingakwenza ukwamukela umphakathi womhlaba wonke futhi sikhulise ukumeleleka kwethu emhlabeni wonke ezimakethe ezimisiwe nezisafufusa.”
Ngo-2019, i-DC izokwamukela imihlangano yedolobha lonke engu-21 nemicimbi ekhethekile (ubusuku bamakamelo angu-2,500 phezulu nangaphezulu), ikhiqize ubusuku obuphelele bamakamelo obuyi-359,557 kanye nomthelela wezomnotho olinganiselwe $ 341 million. Imicimbi emikhulu ihlanganisa i-American Academy of Dermatology (March 1-5), NAFSA: Inhlangano Yothisha Bamazwe Ngamazwe (Meyi 28-31), I-American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (Okthoba 21-25) kanye ne-American Society of Nephrology (Nov. 8-11).
Washington, DC yamukela izindiza ezintsha nohlu lwamahhotela ukuze kukhuthazwe ukuvakashelwa onyakeni ozayo. Isevisi yomoya entsha engami esikhumulweni sezindiza iDulles International yethulwa eLondon Stansted (Aug. 22) futhi Brussels(June 2, 2019) kuPrimera Air, i-Hong Kong eCathay Pacific (Sept. 15) futhiTel Aviv ku-United (Kwangathi 22, 2019). Kunamahhotela angu-21 asendleleni enezela amakamelo angu-4,764 edolobheni, kuhlanganise ne-Eaton Workshop kanye ne-Moxy.Washington, DC Downtown, bobabili kulindeleke ukuthi bavule kuleli hlobo.
Izinto ezikhangayo ezintsha, ukulungiswa kabusha kanye nemibukiso kuwumdwebo. Kuvulwa iNational Law Enforcement Museum Okthoba i-13. Ngo-2019, izinhlelo zedolobha lonke zizozungeza abangu-100th unyaka we-19th Isichibiyelo, esinikeze abesifazane ilungelo lokuvota. I-International Spy Museum ithuthela e-L'Enfant Plaza futhi iphinde ivulwe ngentwasahlobo elandelayo. I-Washington Monument izovulwa kabusha entwasahlobo ezayo futhi i-Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History "Ihholo Lomlando Wezemvelo" livulwa kabusha ngoJuni. Isikhungo sikaJohn F. Kennedy sokunwetshwa koBuciko Bokwenza (The REACH) siyavula Sept. 7, 2019.
Ukuze uthole amaphuzu avelele okuthuthukisa, vakashela washington.org.
