Undocumented workers are included in an $18 million relief package to help bolster D.C.'s hospitality and tourism industry. 'These are folks that can't get unemployment insurance, who are ... the backbone of our hospitality economy,' the chairman said.
After the coronavirus outbreak, tourist areas in Washington, D.C., are seeing much fewer people come through.After the coronavirus outbreak, tourist areas in Washington, D.C., are seeing much fewer people come through.Events DC, the official convention and sports authority for Washington, D.C., approved an $18 million relief package to help bolster the hospitality and tourism industry in the nation's capital, which has suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Max Brown, chairman of the board of directors for Events DC, the agency generates a lot of revenue from restaurant and hotel taxes. But many of the industry's workers have been furloughed, laid off, or otherwise have lost work. Undocumented workers are included in the relief package because of the impact they have on tourism in Washington, D.C., he added.
Brown says that the reason they can offer up so much money is because they have been saving money in reserves for unexpected events.
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