Kaumua DC: E hoʻopaʻa i 22.8 miliona mau malihini kipa i ke kapikala o ka lāhui ma 2017

Kaumakaiwa DC (DDC) i kēia lā i hoʻolaha i kahi moʻolelo 22.8 miliona ka nui o nā malihini kipa i ke kapikala o ka lāhui ma 2017, ua piʻi 3.6% ma luna o 2016. ʻO Elliott L. Ferguson, II, pelekikena a Luna Nui o Destination DC, ua hōʻoia i ka makahiki hae no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o DC i ka makahiki makahiki o ka hui. Ua mālama ʻia ʻo Marketing Outlook Meeting ma Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium me nā alakaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale, nā mea kuleana a me nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me nā ʻoihana hoʻokipa.

"Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Washington, DC i 20.8 miliona mau malihini kipa i ka makahiki i hala, ua piʻi ka 4.2%, a me 2 miliona mau malihini kipa ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka 2.5%," wahi a Ferguson. “Ua ʻike mākou i ʻewalu mau makahiki o ka ulu ʻana. I ka hopena o ka lā, ʻo ka mea a mākou e hana ai e huki ai i nā malihini he hoʻomohala hoʻokele waiwai, e loaʻa ana he $ 7.5 biliona i hoʻolilo ʻia e nā huakaʻi.

Ma 2017, kākoʻo pololei ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā hana DC 75,048, ʻoi aku ka 0.5% ma mua o 2016 a ʻoi aku ma mua o 75,000 no ka manawa mua mai 2013. Wahi a IHS Markit, ua piʻi ka hoʻolimalima hale a me ka honua i 3.1% a ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 7 biliona no ke kolu o ka manawa. ʻO ka huakaʻi ʻoihana he 41% o ka kipa ʻana a me 60% o ka hoʻolilo. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hoʻolimalima leʻaleʻa e 5.9% a ua piʻi ka hoʻolimalima ʻoihana i 1.3%.

"He mea maikaʻi ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi no nā ʻoihana kūloko a maikaʻi hoʻi no ka poʻe Wakinekona," wahi a Meia Muriel E. Bowser. "Ke koho ka poʻe malihini iā ​​DC - i ka wā e ʻai ai lākou i loko o kā mākou mau hale ʻaina, e noho ma kā mākou mau hōkele, a kipa i ko mākou kaiāulu kūloko - hiki iā mākou ke hoʻolaha i ka pōmaikaʻi a kūkulu i nā ala hou aku i ka papa waena no nā kamaʻāina ma nā papa ʻewalu a pau."

Ua hoʻolaha pū ʻo DDC i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻomau i ka wikiwiki o ka piʻi ʻana o ka kipa ʻana ma o ka nānā ʻana i kahi hoʻolaha hoʻolaha hou i kapa ʻia ʻo "Discover the Real DC" (hoʻoiho a nānā paha i ka wikiō hoʻolaha) ma lalo o kāna hōʻailona ʻelima makahiki "DC Cool". No ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hoʻolaha, ua hana pū ʻo DDC me Destination Analysts ma ka noiʻi maʻamau i kāna mau mākeke kūloko ma ka East Coast corridor a me Chicago a me Los Angeles. ʻEwalu kanaka o ka poʻe malihini kipa e kipa aku iā DC i puka mai mai nā nīnauele ola a me nā noiʻi o nā tausani o nā mea kūʻai.

Aia i loko o nā poʻe: ka Eclectic Cultural Traveler, makemake nui i ka hana noʻeau; ʻO nā huakaʻi ʻohana e ʻimi ana i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻohana a me ka leʻaleʻa; ʻO ka Cool Crowd, e hoʻokahua ana i nā huakaʻi hele me ka buzz media social; ʻApelika-ʻAmelika mōʻaukala Buffs, hoihoi i nā wahi me kahi koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi o ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika; ʻO LGBTQ, ka poʻe huakaʻi e ʻike nei he LGBTQ a nona kahi huakaʻi kūlanakauhale hoʻokipa LGBTQ ke kī nui; ʻO nā meaʻai, ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i kahi hiʻohiʻona hale ʻaina kaulana a me nā chef kaulana; ʻO Political Junkies, hoihoi i nā wahi me ke koʻikoʻi politika a makemake e ʻike i kahi i hana ʻia ai ka mōʻaukala; a me Sports Fanatics, hoihoi ʻia e nā haʻuki honua i ka wā e ʻike ai i nā wahi kūpono.

"ʻO ka noiʻi e hiki ai iā mākou ke maʻalahi me kā mākou kūʻai aku a kamaʻilio pololei i ka makemake o nā mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Robin A. McClain, ka pelekikena poʻokela, kālepa a me nā kamaʻilio, DDC. "Loaʻa iā Washington, DC nā ʻike a nā malihini e ʻimi nei, inā he mōʻaukala, kahi ʻano like ʻole a hoʻokipa a i ʻole kahi hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi i helu ʻia e Michelin."

Ke nānā nei i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i nā ʻāina ʻē, ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Kina i ka mākeke kiʻekiʻe o DC me 324,000 mau malihini kipa, ʻoi aku ka 6.6% ma luna o 2016. Ma FY2019, e hoʻomau ka DDC i kona noho ʻana ma WeChat a me kāna City Experience Mini Program, a me kāna papahana hōʻoia lālā Welcome China .

ʻO ka 10 mau mākeke ʻē aʻe no Wakinekona, DC ma 2017, ma ke ʻano o ke kipa ʻana: Kina, United Kingdom, Kelemānia, South Korea, Farani, Australia, India, Iapana, Sepania a me Italia. ʻOiai he 9% ka nui o ka poʻe malihini kipa i DC, ʻo ka poʻe malihini kipa honua [nā malihini a me nā malihini mai Kanada a me Mekikoka] e hōʻike ana i ka 27% o ka hoʻolimalima malihini.

"ʻOiai mākou e hauʻoli nui i ka ʻike ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ke kipa ʻāina ʻē, ke kū nei mākou i kekahi mau mea e pili ana i ke aniau politika a me ka ʻike ʻana o ka US mai kahi kuanaʻike honua," wahi a Ferguson. "ʻO ia ke kumu e hana nei mākou i nā mea āpau e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻokipa i ke kaiāulu o ka honua a hoʻonui i kā mākou hōʻike ma waena o ka honua i nā mākeke i hoʻokumu ʻia a kū mai hoʻi."

I ka makahiki 2019, e hoʻokipa ʻo DC i 21 mau ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale a me nā hanana kūikawā (2,500 lumi lumi ma ka piko a ma luna), e hoʻonui ana i 359,557 mau pō lumi a me kahi hopena waiwai o $341 miliona. ʻO nā hanana nui ka American Academy of Dermatology (Malaki 1-5), NAFSA: Association of International Educators (Mei 28-31), American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (Oct. 21-25) a me American Society of Nephrology (Nov. 8). -11).

Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Wakinekona, DC i nā mokulele hou a me nā waihona hōkele e paipai i ka kipa ʻana i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka lawelawe ea hou ʻole i Dulles International Airport mai London Stansted (ʻAukake 22) a me Brussels (Iune 2, 2019) ma Primera Air, Hong Kong ma Cathay Pacific (Sept. 15) a me Tel Aviv ma United (Mei 22, 2019) . He 21 mau hōkele ma ka pipeline e hoʻohui ana i nā lumi 4,764 i ke kūlanakauhale, me ka Eaton Workshop a me ka Moxy Washington, DC Downtown, ua manaʻo ʻia e wehe i kēia kauwela.

ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona hou, nā hana hou a me nā hōʻikeʻike he huki. Hoʻomaka ka National Law Enforcement Museum i ʻOkakopa 13. I ka makahiki 2019, e hoʻopuni ana ka papahana o ke kūlanakauhale i ka 100th anniversary o ka 19th Amendment, i hāʻawi i nā wahine i ke kuleana e koho balota. Ke neʻe nei ka International Spy Museum i L'Enfant Plaza a wehe hou i ke kauwela aʻe. Wehe hou ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Wakinekona i ka pūnāwai aʻe a wehe hou ʻia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Moʻolelo Kūlohelohe o Smithsonian i Iune. E wehe ana ka John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' expansion (The REACH) i ka lā 7 o Kepakemapa, 2019.