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Overall Tourism Begins to Recover in DC

Overall Tourism Begins to Recover in DC

By Minoli Ediriweera September 8, 2022

Tourism numbers are on their way back up to pre-pandemic levels, according to a recent report by Destination DC (DDC), the official marketing arm for Washington, D.C. According to the report, 19.1...

Make Sightseeing Great Again

Make Sightseeing Great Again

By Andrew Boas and Andrew Boas February 21, 2017

In these tumultuous times, the District may seem like a less attractive tourist destination. However, if you properly ignore a certain orange presence, you’re sure to enjoy checking out America’s most...

Visitor Center to Welcome Tourists

By Gaia Mattiace March 31, 2015

Georgetown Business Improvement District will open a visitor’s center for the Georgetown neighborhood in the lobby of the Georgetown Park shopping mall this April. The center, which will be located...

Santiago, Chile

By Angie Wacek December 10, 2013

I wish I didn’t have to leave. In fact, if I could stay another semester and still graduate on time, I would. I have had the most amazing experience in Chile. It was so much more than I ever expected...

Strasbourg, France

By Rachel Charow December 10, 2013

In the television show “30 Rock,” there is a scene in which Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) has to get rid of her favorite sandwich before going through airport security, so she shoves it all in her mouth...

Cape Town, South Africa

By Michaela Deitch December 10, 2013

Elephants. Nelson Mandela. A drinking age of 18. These were the thoughts occupying my mind when I hopped off the plane in Cape Town, South Africa, in July, embarking on my semester at the University...

Madrid, Spain

By Sean Sullivan December 10, 2013

I should start with a disclaimer: My trip to Spain has been my first real trip outside the United States, and, for that matter, off of the Eastern Seaboard. Despite an orientation session, my expectations...

Lyon, France

By Arianne Price December 7, 2013

Before coming to study in Lyon, France, I didn’t exactly have a realistic vision of how my abroad experience would turn out. I found that reality sometimes varies greatly from expectations, especially...

Shanghai, China

By Henry Parrott December 7, 2013

China is a massive country, far beyond what one person can possibly summarize or understand. Any one statement I could try to make about my impression of the country would be vague or incorrect. The...

St. Andrews, Scotland

By JC Sites December 6, 2013

While working through the preliminary details of my impending arrival in St. Andrews, Scotland, — discovering which courses I would be taking and where I would be living — I encountered an unexpected...

Dublin, Ireland

By Zoe Bertrand December 6, 2013

There are few things I love more than Georgetown. I could, and frequently do, go on about the school for hours, even when the person I’m talking to has already lost interest by the time I’ve reached...

Pune, India

By Zoe Bertrand December 6, 2013

I didn’t know what to expect when I chose to leave Georgetown for a semester abroad in India. I imagined grand adventures involving yoga gurus, elephants and exotic Indian feasts. Coincidentally,...

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