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DC’s 2021 domestic visitation anticipated to rise approximately 50 percent over 2020 Washington, DC – Destination DC (DDC) and city partners today announced efforts to attract visitors back to Washington, DC during its annual Travel Rally, held at Audi Field home of D.C. United, for a virtual audience.  DDC previewed elements of a $2.5 million recovery advertising campaign launching later this spring in partnership with Events DC. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser joined DDC president and CEO Elliott L. Ferguson, II and industry leaders to discuss plans to jumpstart future travel to the city. �...

Destination DC, the tourism marketing arm of the District, has shed light on just how much damage the pandemic has caused to D.C.’s tourism industry, and what they plan to do to bring tourists back this year. Between March 2020 and March 2021, visitor spending in D.C. was down 68%, or $6.1 billion. The District lost $477 million in tax revenue from visitor spending, down 48%. D.C. hotel revenue was down 84%, or $2.1 billion. In addition, the District lost $603 million in additional economic impact as a result of 61 canceled citywide conventions and major events in 2020 and 2021. The pandemi...

More travel executives get their mission-critical industry news from Skift than any other source on the planet.Tell me more U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo unequivocally stated on Wednesday her commitment to the recovery of the U.S. travel and tourism industry, a powerful sign of support from a member of President Biden’s cabinet. The commerce secretary made her remarks at a rally hosted by Destination DC — the city’s destination marketing organization — to celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week. “Supporting the travel and tourism industry is one of my top priorities,�...