Destination DC underlines centrality of Tourism to local Economy
The DC region is now getting a facelift with tourism as a top priority among industries. Washington DC attracted around twenty million visitors in 2014 including domestic and international ones. More than seventy five thousand people are engaged in tourism jobs in the region which also generates a tax income of about three fourths of a billion dollars in tax revenues. Majority of international visitors arrived from China, UK, India, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Italy and Brazil.
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