Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Destination DC (DDC) i kēia lā ua loaʻa ʻo Wakinekona, DC i kahi moʻolelo 21.9 miliona mau malihini kipa ma 2018, ʻo ia ka iwa o ka makahiki no ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Elliott L. Ferguson, II, pelekikena a Luna Nui o DDC, i ka hopena o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma DC me nā alakaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale a me nā mea kuleana ma ka hui huakaʻi huakaʻi makahiki.
"ʻO kahi 1.1 miliona mau malihini kipa i ka DC makahiki i kēlā me kēia makahiki he mea nui ia no ke kūlanakauhale," wahi a Ferguson. "Ke kūʻai aku nei mākou i ke kūlanakauhale ma o kā mākou 'Discover the Real DC campaign,' ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā malihini kipa he nui nā mea hou aku e ʻike a hana ai ma Wakinekona, DC ma waho o ke aupuni pekelala a kūkulu i kā mākou manawa e hoʻomau nei i ka kipa ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale. .”
ʻO ka lilo ʻana o ka poʻe kipa ma 2018 he $ 7.8 biliona, e like me ka IHS Markit, ua piʻi i ka 4.3%, e loaʻa ana he $ 851 miliona i nā ʻauhau kūloko i ʻike ʻia e ka Apana. Me ka ʻole o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ma kahi o 300,000 mau ʻohana DC e hāʻawi hou aku i $2,844 no kēlā me kēia ʻohana i nā ʻauhau i mea e mālama ai i ka pae o nā ʻauhau ʻauhau DC i kēia manawa. I ka nānā ʻana i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana, ʻo ka poʻe huakaʻi leʻaleʻa he 61% o nā malihini kipa a me 43% o ka hoʻolimalima. ʻO ka hoʻolimalima leʻaleʻa ke piʻi aʻe he 13% i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻO ka poʻe huakaʻi pāʻoihana he 39% o nā malihini kipa a me 57% o ka hoʻolimalima. I ka makahiki 2018, ua kākoʻo nā hoʻolimalima mākaʻikaʻi i 76,522 mau hana ma Wakinekona, DC ma waena o nā ʻoihana āpau, ʻoi aku ka 2% ma mua o 2017.
"ʻO ka ulu mau ʻana o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ko mākou kūlanakauhale e hōʻike ana i ka ikaika holoʻokoʻa a me ka kūleʻa o Wakinekona, DC," wahi a Mayor Muriel Bowser. “Mai nā hanana haʻuki a i nā hale ʻaina a i nā wahi mele a me nā hale moʻomeheu, ʻoi aku ka nui o kā mākou hana a ʻike i ko mākou kūlanakauhale ma mua o ka wā ma mua. Haʻaheo mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā poʻe mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa - e hōʻike iā lākou i ke kūlanakauhale kahi i noho ai ma mua o 700,000 Washingtonians, e hana i nā hana a me nā manawa kūpono no kā mākou ʻoihana kūloko, a e kaʻana like i ka mōʻaukala a me ka moʻomeheu i hoʻolilo iā DC ke kūlanakauhale maikaʻi loa. i ka honua.
Ua mālama ʻia ʻo DDC's Travel Rally ma ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka National Travel and Tourism Week, i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻonui i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka waiwai waiwai o ka huakaʻi. ʻO ka US Travel Association, kahi e noho nei ʻo Ferguson i kēia manawa, hoʻonohonoho i nā kumuwaiwai no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka National Travel and Tourism Week.
"Ua hōʻike ʻo Destination DC's Travel Rally i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka huakaʻi i ʻike ʻia ma ka ʻāina, akā ʻo ke koʻikoʻi o ka huakaʻi ʻo ia ka lāhui," wahi a ka Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o US Travel Association Roger Dow. "I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻonui ka hoʻolimalima huakaʻi i $ 2.5 trillion ma ka hoʻokele waiwai a kākoʻo i 15.7 miliona mau hana ʻAmelika. Ua loaʻa i ka huakaʻi he $69 biliona keu kālā i ka makahiki 2018 - ka huakaʻi hele ʻana ma ke ʻano he lawelawe lawelawe nui loa a ʻAmelika a me ka lua o ka nui o ka lawe ʻana aku.
Ua haʻi ʻo Chris Thompson, ka pelekikena a me Luna Nui o Brand USA, i ke ʻano o ka hoʻokūkū ʻana o ka hui kūʻai huakaʻi no ka US no nā malihini kipa hou aku.
“He hoa waiwai ka Destination DC. Ke hōʻike pū nei mākou i nā huakaʻi hele honua i nā mea huna o ke kapikala o ko mākou lāhui, a ma waho aʻe o nā monuments a me nā hale hōʻikeʻike i kona mau kaiāulu, kāna moʻomeheu mele, a me kāna ʻano meaʻai e hoʻonui mau ana, "wahi a Thompson. "Inā mākou e hoʻokipa ana i ka poʻe nūpepa kipa a i ʻole ke kālepa huakaʻi, a i ʻole e hōʻike ana i ka moʻolelo o DC i kahi hoʻolaha kūʻai honua, ke ʻimi mau nei mākou i nā ala e hōʻike ai i nā mea āpau i lilo ai ʻo DC i wahi huakaʻi huakaʻi honua."
Ua koho ʻia ka wahi o ka hoʻolaha, ʻo Woodrow Wilson Plaza, no ka National Children's Museum i manaʻo ʻia e wehe ʻia ma ka Hale ʻo Ronald Reagan ma Nov.
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hui pū ʻana o ka National Children's Museum, he kūpono loa ia," wahi a John Drew, pelekikena a Luna Nui o TCMA (A Drew Company), ka luna kūʻokoʻa o ka Ronald Reagan Building a me International Trade Center. “ʻO ka hale kahi huakaʻi i ke kaona, ua hoʻokipa mua mākou ma luna o hoʻokahi miliona mau malihini kipa i ka makahiki; Aia ko mākou wahi ma kahi kokoke i ka National Mall a hāʻawi i ka metro ma ka pūnaewele, kaʻa a me ke kahua meaʻai, e hāʻawi maʻalahi i ka hiki a me ka maʻalahi no nā malihini.
Loaʻa ka poʻe kipa i nā kumu he nui e hele mai i Wakinekona, DC i 2019 a ma waho aʻe ma washington.org: wehe hou ka International Spy Museum ma L'Enfant Plaza (Mei 12), DC Bike Ride (Mei 18), 15 makahiki o ka DC Jazz Festival ( Iune 7-16), wehe hou i ka "David H. Koch Hall of Fossils - Deep Time" ma ka Smithsonian Natural History Museum (June 8), 2019 Citi Open tennis tournament (Iulai 27 - Aug. 4), wehe hou i ka Washington Monument (ʻAukake), wehe ʻia ʻo The REACH ma The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Sept. 7) a me ka wehe ʻana o ka National Children's Museum ma ka Ronald Reagan Building a me International Trade Center (Nov. 1).
I ka makahiki 2019, hoʻokipa ʻo Wakinekona, DC i 20 mau hālāwai ma ke kūlanakauhale holoʻokoʻa (nā hālāwai me 2,500 mau lumi lumi ma ka piko a ma luna), e hoʻonui ana ma mua o 370,000 mau pō lumi lumi. He ʻumikūmāono mau hōkele i ka pipeline e hoʻohui i nā lumi 3,263 i ke kūlanakauhale.
