ʻO Destination DC (DDC), ka hui mākaʻikaʻi kūhelu no Wakinekona, DC, i kēia lā i hoʻolaha ai he 20.8 miliona mau malihini kipa i ka makahiki 2017, a he 4.2% ma luna o 2016 e like me DK Shifflet. Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻo Elliott L. Ferguson, II, ka pelekikena a me CEO ʻo DDC i ka makahiki ʻelua ma hope o ka wāwahi hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo ma Travel Rally, kahi hoʻolauleʻa o ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa i Washington, DC.
"ʻO Destination DC kahi hui hoʻomohala waiwai. Hoʻolako ʻia kā mākou hana kālepa a me nā kūʻai aku i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe a me nā mea kipa leʻaleʻa i ke kapikala o ka lāhui, e noho mau ana i nā pō i ko mākou mau hōkele, e ʻai ana, a e hoʻohana pono ai i ko DC ʻano kupaianaha a me nā mea hoihoi o ka honua ma ka National Mall a ma nā wahi o DC. "Wahi a Ferguson.
Wahi a IHS Markit, ua lilo ka poʻe malihini i $ 7.5 biliona i ka makahiki 2017, ʻoi aku ka 3.1%, ʻo ia ka helu no ka hoʻolimalima hale a me ka honua. Ua ʻoi aku ka hoʻolimalima ʻana ma mua o $7 biliona no ke kolu o ka manawa a ua ulu ʻo 6.5% ma nā hale noho, 4.2% ma ka meaʻai a me 1.2% ma ka halihali. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hoʻolimalima leʻaleʻa e 5.9% a ua piʻi ka hoʻolimalima ʻoihana i 1.3%.
He hopena koʻikoʻi ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka pūʻali hana kūloko, a ua hoʻomau ʻia nā hana ʻo 75,048 DC ma 2017, a ʻoi aku ka 0.5% ma luna o 2016 a ʻoi aku ka nui o 75,000 no ka manawa mua mai ka 2013.
"ʻO Wakinekona, DC kahi kūlanakauhale i loaʻa kahi mea no kēlā me kēia - mai nā hale hōʻikeʻike o ka honua i nā haʻuki a me nā hale keaka i nā hale ʻaina a me nā mele i mahalo nui ʻia e ka honua - a ke hoʻomau nei ka poʻe mai ka ʻāina a puni ka honua e hoʻomaopopo i nā mea āpau a mākou e hāʻawi aku ai," wahi a Meia Muriel Bowser. "ʻO kēia hoʻonui ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi he nui nā hana a me nā kumuwaiwai no ko mākou poʻe kamaʻāina a me nā kaiāulu a ua kōkua ia e hōʻoia i ka paʻa ʻana o kā mākou ʻoihana kūloko i mea ikaika loa i ka lāhui. Hoʻomaikaʻi iā Destination DC no kekahi makahiki haʻihaʻi record hou a no kā lākou hana e hana maikaʻi ai i ka poʻe malihini kipa i DC. ”
Huihui hui ʻia nā alakaʻi ʻoihana kūloko a me nā ʻoihana lālā DDC. Ua mālama ʻia kēia hanana ma The Wharf ma ka US Travel Association's National Travel and Tourism Week, kahi hoʻolauleʻa o ka hopena o ka huakaʻi ma waena o ka US.
"He manawa kūpono loa ka hanana a DC e hoʻomālamalama i kahi mea nui o kā mākou ʻoihana," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Pelekikena a me CEO ʻo US Travel Association, ʻo Roger Dow. "Haʻaheo mākou e kōkua i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻōlelo a ka mea huakaʻi kālā i kākoʻo ai i nā hana ʻAmelika he 15.6 miliona a ua loaʻa he $ 2.4 trillion ma ka hoʻopukapuka i ka makahiki i hala. Hōʻike ka National Travel and Tourism Week i ka waiwai e mālama ai no kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai a me ko mākou ola, a hauʻoli mākou i ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o ka hoʻolauleʻa o kēia makahiki. "
Hāʻawi nā mea hoihoi hou, nā hale ʻaina, nā hōkele a me nā hoʻolālā āpau i nā kumu no ka hoʻi ʻana o nā malihini kipa i DC. Aia 15 mau hōkele me 3,427 mau lumi i ka paipu, e pili ana i nā kūkulu hou, nā hana hou a me nā wehe hou. I waena o lākou: ʻo Hilton Washington DC National Mall i kēia kauwela; Courtyard by Marriott a me Residence Inn kokoke i ka Walter E. Wakinekona Convention Center a me Eaton Hotel kikowaena o kēia hāʻule. Hui ka Hotel Conrad ma CityCenterDC i ka makahiki 2019. Ua neʻe aku ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻInikua International ma LʻEnfant Plaza ma ka makahiki 2019. Ua mālama ʻia ka huakaʻi huakaʻi ma The Wharf e hōʻike i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hōʻea ʻana o ka muliwai i hōʻea i ʻOkakopa i hala.
"He hanohano ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā miliona o ka poʻe i The Wharf a ʻike i ke ola ʻana o kēia kaiāulu kahakai," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Monty Hoffman, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a me CEO o PN Hoffman. "ʻO ka Wharf kahi wahi kai kūʻono honua e hāʻawi maoli i kahi mea no nā kamaʻāina a me nā mea kipa mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua, mai ke mele ola, nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu a me nā kūʻai, i nā pier lehulehu a me nā pāka, a me nā ala hou e hauʻoli ai i kā DC waiwai waiwai nui loa. - Kona kai. ”
I ka 2018, hoʻokipa ʻo DC i nā hālāwai ma 21 a puni ka kūlanakauhale (2,500 mau lumi ma luna a ma luna), e hoʻonui ana i nā pō lumi he 432,915 a me kahi hopena waiwai o $ 378 miliona, e like me ka World Conference o ka International Gas Union (June 25-29), ʻo Infor “Inforum” (Sept . 25-26) a me ka American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting (Dec. 10-14).
"Haʻaheo nā hanana DC i lilo i ʻāpana o ka holomua o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi i ko mākou lāhui poʻokela," wahi a Gregory A. O'Dell, pelekikena a me luna hoʻomalu o nā hanana DC. "Mai kahi makahiki wāwahi moʻolelo o nā hanana a me nā ʻaha i ko mākou wahi e like me ka Walter E. Wakinekona Convention Center, i nā papahana hou a pīhoihoi e like me ka hana hou ʻana o ka RFK Campus a me nā Entertainment hou a me Sports Arena e wehe ana i kēia hāʻule, ʻo mākou hauʻoli i ka hana nui i ka hana ʻana i ka Apana i wahi maikaʻi e noho ai a hana no nā kamaʻāina a me nā mea kipa like. ”
Hoʻomau ka DDC i ka ikaika i ka makahiki 2018 me kāna hoʻolaha hoʻolaha nui e paipai nei i ka huakaʻi kauwela, i hoʻomaka ʻia ma Mei 1 ma nā mākeke ʻo New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, Chicago a me Los Angeles. Hoʻopili ka pāpaho media me nā wahi paʻi, paʻi a me waho o ka home e like me nā wahi kaʻa pahi holo papalua.
ʻO nā hanana e hiki mai ana ka mea hou na The People arts festival (June 21-24), DC Jazz Festival (June 8-17), MLB® All-Star Week (Iulai 13-17), ka wehe ʻana o ka Audi Field a DC United ma Iulai 14 , ʻO Hamilton ma ke Kennedy Center (Iune 16-Sept. 12) a me nā ʻike i hoʻoulu ʻia e Alexander Hamilton.
