Ulendo wa Washington, DC: 21.9 miliyoni ochokera kumayiko ena mu 2018

Destination DC (DDC) lero yalengeza kuti Washington, DC idakopa alendo okwana 21.9 miliyoni mu 2018, chaka chachisanu ndi chinayi chotsatira kukula kwa zokopa alendo. Elliott L. Ferguson, Wachiwiri, pulezidenti ndi CEO wa DDC, adalengeza zotsatira za zokopa alendo ku DC ndi atsogoleri a mzinda ndi okhudzidwa nawo pamsonkhano wapachaka wa Travel Rally.

"Alendo owonjezera a 1.1 miliyoni obwera ku DC chaka ndi chaka ndizovuta kwambiri mumzinda," adatero Ferguson. "Pamene tikugulitsa mzindawu kudzera mu kampeni yathu ya 'Discover the Real DC,' tikupitiliza kuwonetsa alendo omwe angakhale nawo kuti pali zambiri zoti muwone ndikuchita ku Washington, DC kupitilira boma la feduro ndikulimbikitsa kulimbikitsa kwathu kuyendera mzindawu. .”

Ndalama zomwe alendo amawononga mu 2018 zidakwana $ 7.8 biliyoni, malinga ndi IHS Markit, mpaka 4.3%, zomwe zidapangitsa $ 851 miliyoni pamisonkho yam'deralo yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ndi District. Popanda zokopa alendo, pafupifupi mabanja a 300,000 a DC amayenera kupereka ndalama zowonjezera $2,844 panyumba pamisonkho kuti asungitse kuchuluka kwamalisiti amisonkho a DC. Poyang'ana pakugwiritsa ntchito mopitilira, apaulendo osangalala amakhala ndi 61% ya alendo ndi 43% ya ndalama. Kugwiritsa ntchito nthawi yopumula kumakwera 13% pachaka. Oyenda bizinesi adatenga 39% ya alendo ndi 57% ya ndalama. Mu 2018, ndalama zoyendera alendo zidathandizira ntchito 76,522 ku Washington, DC m'mafakitale onse, zomwe zidakwera 2% kuposa 2017.

"Kupitilirabe kukula kwa ntchito zokopa alendo mumzinda wathu kukuwonetsa mphamvu ndi kupambana kwa Washington, DC," adatero Meya Muriel Bowser. “Kuyambira pamasewera, malo odyera, malo ochitira nyimbo ndi malo osungiramo zinthu zakale, tili ndi zambiri zoti tichite ndikuwona mumzinda wathu kuposa kale. Ndife onyadira kulandira anthu ochokera padziko lonse lapansi - kuwawonetsa mzinda womwe kuli anthu opitilira 700,000 aku Washington, kupanga ntchito ndi mwayi kwa mabizinesi athu am'deralo, ndikugawana mbiri ndi chikhalidwe zomwe zapangitsa DC kukhala mzinda wabwino kwambiri. mdziko lapansi."

Ulendo wa DDC's Travel Rally unachitika pothandizira sabata la National Travel and Tourism Week, lomwe lakonzedwa kuti lidziwitse anthu zakufunika kwachuma paulendo. US Travel Association, yomwe Ferguson ali pampando pano, imagwirizanitsa zothandizira kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito pa Sabata la National Travel and Tourism.

"Destination DC's Travel Rally inasonyeza kuti ubwino waulendo umamveka kwanuko, koma kufunikira kwa ulendo ndi dziko lonse," adatero Purezidenti wa US Travel Association ndi CEO Roger Dow. "Chaka chatha, ndalama zoyendera maulendo zidapanga $2.5 thililiyoni pazachuma ndipo zidathandizira ntchito 15.7 miliyoni zaku America. Kuyenda kunabweretsanso ndalama zokwana madola 69 biliyoni mu 2018, zomwe zimadziwika kuti kuyenda ngati ntchito yayikulu kwambiri ku America yotumiza kunja komanso yachiwiri pakutumiza kunja konsekonse.

Chris Thompson, Purezidenti ndi CEO wa Brand USA, adalankhula za momwe bungwe lazamalonda la US likufunira alendo ochulukirapo.

"Destination DC ndi mnzake wamtengo wapatali. Pamodzi, tikuwonetsa apaulendo wapadziko lonse zinthu zamtengo wapatali zobisika za likulu la dziko lathu, kuphatikiza zipilala ndi malo osungiramo zinthu zakale kumadera omwe amakhala, chikhalidwe chawo chanyimbo, komanso malo ake ophikira omwe akukulirakulira, "adatero Thompson. "Kaya tikuchereza atolankhani odzacheza kapena malonda oyendayenda, kapena kuwonetsa nkhani ya DC pakutsatsa kwapadziko lonse lapansi, timakhala tikuyang'ana njira zowunikira zonse zomwe zimapangitsa DC kukhala malo apamwamba padziko lonse lapansi."

Malo olengeza, Woodrow Wilson Plaza, adasankhidwa mwa gawo la National Children's Museum yomwe ikuyembekezeredwa kutsegulidwa mu Ronald Reagan Building pa Nov. 1 ndi zojambula zake kuti zithandize kukopa oyenda ndi mabanja.

"Ndife okondwa kukhala ndi National Children's Museum kuti tigwirizane nafe, ndizokwanira," atero a John Drew, Purezidenti ndi CEO wa TCMA (A Drew Company), woyang'anira yekha wa Ronald Reagan Building ndi International Trade Center. “Nyumbayi ili mkatikati mwa tawuni, timalandila alendo oposa miliyoni imodzi pachaka; Malo athu ali pafupi ndi National Mall ndipo amapereka metro, malo oimikapo magalimoto ndi bwalo lazakudya, zomwe zimapatsa alendo mwayi wofikira komanso wosavuta."

Alendo amapeza zifukwa zambiri zobwerera ku Washington, DC mu 2019 ndi kupitirira pa washington.org: International Spy Museum itsegulidwanso ku L'Enfant Plaza (Meyi 12), DC Bike Ride (Meyi 18), chikumbutso cha 15th cha DC Jazz Festival ( June 7-16), kutsegulanso "David H. Koch Hall of Fossils - Deep Time" ku Smithsonian Natural History Museum (June 8), 2019 Citi Open tennis mpikisano (July 27 - Aug. 4), kutsegulanso Washington Chipilala (August), kutsegula kwa The REACH ku The John F. Kennedy Center kwa Zojambulajambula (Sept. 7) ndi kutsegula kwa National Children Museum ku Ronald Reagan Building ndi International Trade Center (Nov. 1).

Mu 2019, Washington, DC ilandila misonkhano 20 yamzinda wonse (misonkhano yokhala ndi zipinda 2,500 usiku pachimake ndi kupitilira apo), ndikupanga mausiku opitilira 370,000. Mahotela khumi ndi asanu ndi limodzi omwe ali paipiyi awonjezera zipinda 3,263 mumzindawu.