Tourism in DC hits historic highs, driving economic recovery

[IronLionZion]

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/tourism-dc-hits-historic-highs-driving-economic-recovery

WASHINGTON - Tourism in Washington, D.C. has made a remarkable recovery post-pandemic, significantly boosting the local economy.

The tourism board is set to announce on Wednesday that 2023 saw historic visitor numbers.

This recovery is crucial for the District's finances.



In 2022, tourism generated $1.6 billion in tax revenue. Wednesday's announcement will reveal the 2023 figures, which are expected to surpass previous records.

In 2022, 22 million visitors spent a total of $8.1 billion in the District.

Mayor Muriel Bowser emphasized the importance of tourism to the city's economy Tuesday.

"It’s critical to our bottom line: I can’t speak to the numbers that will be announced tomorrow, but we know how many workers are employed, how many visitors fill our restaurants and hotel rooms that really allow for us to make the kinds of investments across the city that make us a world-class city," Bowser told FOX 5.

Plenty of tourists traveling here.

[dem4decades]

1. I guess these tourists didn't destroy the Capitol.

[IronLionZion]

4. "Typical tourist behavior" is anything but typical behavior of any tourists I've seen

[Squaredeal]

2. Same with the Jersey shore.

Yet the repubs claim that the economy is bad. What gives?

[IronLionZion]

3. The economy is so bad

that people are spending tons of money on travel and big purchases to console themselves over how bad the jobs/unemployment and stock market are.

High prices are clearly not stopping plenty of people from spending money.

[OldBaldy1701E]

5. No offense, but considering the events of the last few years...

I am curious as to who and what they are using to arrive at that number.

Terrorists don't count as tourists.

[IronLionZion]

6. Tourists visit our monuments and museums

Terrorists terrorize our lawmakers and police. GOP has trouble with this difference.

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. That they do.

However, my interest was to learn whether they were counting everyone who entered D.C. for more than 12 hours, or were they making sure to only count tourists who were there solely for tourism's sake.

The GOP has trouble with anything beyond their own asses, for sure. And, they are not even trying to hide it anymore.

[IronLionZion]

8. The tourism board looks at hotel and convention center bookings, flight and rail info

They can get data from museum admissions and NPS crowd data for the outdoor spaces by the monuments.

Many of the Jan 6 terrorists were caught after videoing their exploits and bragging online about it. Not the best and brightest of America.