Ezokuvakasha eWashington, DC: Izivakashi zasekhaya eziyizigidi ezingama-21.9 ngo-2018

I-Destination DC (DDC) namuhla imemezele ukuthi iWashington, DC ihehe irekhodi labavakashi basekhaya abayizigidi ezingama-21.9 ngo-2018, unyaka wesishiyagalolunye ilandelana wokukhula kwezokuvakasha. U-Elliott L. Ferguson, II, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-DDC, umemezele umthelela wezokuvakasha ku-DC nabaholi bedolobha kanye nababambiqhaza ku-Travel Rally yaminyaka yonke yenhlangano.

"Izivakashi ezingeziwe eziyizigidi eziyi-1.1 ezivakashela i-DC unyaka nonyaka ziyinto enkulu yedolobha," kusho uFerguson. “Njengoba simaketha idolobha ngomkhankaso wethu othi 'Discover the Real DC,' siyaqhubeka nokukhombisa abangaba izivakashi ukuthi kuningi kakhulu esingakubona nokukwenza eWashington, DC ngale kukahulumeni wobumbano futhi sakhela phezu komfutho wethu ogcina ukuvakasha kwedolobha. .”

Imali esetshenziswe izivakashi ngo-2018 ifinyelele kuma-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7.8, ngokusho kwe-IHS Markit, ikhuphuke ngo-4.3%, okuholele ezigidini ezingu-851 zamaRandi ezintela zendawo ezitholwa yiSifunda. Ngaphandle kwezokuvakasha, imindeni ecishe ibe ngu-300,000 ye-DC kuzodingeka inikele ngo-$2,844 umuzi ngamunye ezintela ukuze kugcinwe izinga lamanje lamaresidi entela e-DC. Uma ubheka ukusebenzisa imali ngokuqhubekayo, abavakashi bezokungcebeleka babalelwa ku-61% wezivakashi kanye no-43% wezindleko. Ukusetshenziswa kwezokungcebeleka kwenyuke ngo-13% unyaka nonyaka. Abahambi bebhizinisi babalele u-39% wezivakashi kanye no-57% wezindleko. Ngo-2018, ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezokuvakasha kwasekela imisebenzi engu-76,522 e-Washington, DC kuzo zonke izimboni, okukhuphuke ngo-2% ngo-2017.

“Ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwemboni yezokuvakasha yedolobha lethu kukhombisa amandla kanye nempumelelo eseWashington, DC,” kusho iMeya uMuriel Bowser. “Kusukela emicimbini yezemidlalo kuya ezindaweni zokudlela kuya ezindaweni zomculo nezigcinamagugu, kuningi okumele sikwenze nokukubona edolobheni lethu kunakuqala. Siyaziqhenya ngokwamukela abantu emhlabeni wonke – ukubakhombisa idolobha okuyikhaya labantu baseWashington abangaphezu kuka-700,000, ukudala amathuba emisebenzi nethuba kumabhizinisi ethu endawo, nokwabelana ngomlando namasiko okwenze i-DC yaba idolobha elingcono kakhulu. emhlabeni."

I-Travel Rally ye-DDC yabanjwa ukweseka Isonto Likazwelonke Lokuhamba Nezokuvakasha, eliklanyelwe ukuqwashisa ngokubaluleka kohambo lwezomnotho. I-US Travel Association, uFerguson angusihlalo okwamanje, ixhumanisa izinsiza ezizosetshenziswa phakathi Neviki Likazwelonke Lokuhamba Nezokuvakasha.

"I-Destination DC's Travel Rally ibonise ukuthi izinzuzo zokuhamba zizwakala endaweni, kodwa ukubaluleka kohambo kukazwelonke," kusho uMongameli we-US Travel Association kanye ne-CEO uRoger Dow. “Ngonyaka odlule, imali yokuvakasha yenze u-$2.5 trillion emphumeleni yezomnotho futhi yasekela imisebenzi eyizigidi eziyi-15.7 yaseMelika. Ukuhamba kuphinde kwangenisa imali engaphezulu kwezigidigidi ezingama-69 zamarandi ngo-2018—ukubeka uhambo njengokuthunyelwa kwezinsiza ezinkulu kakhulu zaseMelika kanye nokuthekelisa okwesibili ngobukhulu kukonke.”

UChris Thompson, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Brand USA, ukhulume ngokuthi inhlangano yokumaketha indawo yase-US ilwela kanjani izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe.

“I-Destination DC inguzakwethu obalulekile. Sisonke, sibonisa abahambi bamazwe ngamazwe amagugu afihliwe enhloko-dolobha yesizwe sethu, okuhlanganisa nangaphandle kwezikhumbuzo nezimnyuziyamu ezindaweni ezihlala kuzo, isiko lomculo walo, kanye nenkundla yalo yokupheka elokhu yanda,” kusho uThompson. “Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sisingethe izintatheli ezivakashelayo noma ezokuvakasha, noma sibonisa indaba ka-DC emkhankasweni wokumaketha emhlabeni wonke, sihlala sifuna izindlela zokugqamisa konke okwenza i-DC ibe indawo yokuvakasha esezingeni lomhlaba.”

Indawo yesimemezelo, i-Woodrow Wilson Plaza, ikhethwe ngokwengxenye yeNational Children's Museum okulindeleke ukuthi ivulwe e-Ronald Reagan Building ngoNov. 1 kanye nokutonyulwa kwayo ukusiza ukuheha abahambi bemindeni.

“Sijabulile ukuba neNational Children’s Museum ihlanganyele nathi, kuyasifanela,” kusho u-John Drew, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-TCMA (A Drew Company), imenenja ekhethekile ye-Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. “Lesi sakhiwo siyindawo emaphakathi nedolobha, kakade samukela izivakashi ezingaphezu kwesigidi ngonyaka; indawo yethu iseduze ne-National Mall futhi inikeza umasipala wendawo, indawo yokupaka kanye nenkundla yokudla, enikeza izivakashi ukufinyelela okulula nokunethezeka.”

Izivakashi zithola izizathu eziningi zokuza e-Washington, DC ngo-2019 nangale kwayo ku-washington.org: I-International Spy Museum ivulwa kabusha e-L'Enfant Plaza (May 12), DC Bike Ride (May 18), isikhumbuzo seminyaka engu-15 ye-DC Jazz Festival ( Juni 7-16), kuvulwa kabusha i-“David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time” eSmithsonian Natural History Museum (Juni 8), umqhudelwano wethenisi we-Citi Open 2019 (Julayi 27 - Aug. 4), ukuvulwa kabusha kweWashington Isikhumbuzo (August), ukuvulwa kwe-The REACH e-John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts (Sept. 7) kanye nokuvulwa kweNational Children Museum e-Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center (Nov. 1).

Ngo-2019, iWashington, DC yemukela imihlangano engama-20 yedolobha lonke (imihlangano enamakamelo ubusuku obungu-2,500 370,000 phezulu nangaphezulu), okukhiqiza ubusuku obungamakamelo obungaphezu kuka-3,263. Amahhotela ayishumi nesithupha asendleleni azokwengeza amakamelo angu-XNUMX edolobheni.