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Event Planners Are Cancelling on Trump-Era Washington. Is This a Sign of Things to Come? | Politico

July 17, 2025
  • D.C. Policy Center

On July 15, 2025, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted in Politico:

“Tourism has been one of the fastest recovering sectors in D.C. after the pandemic, and now there is a bit of a danger to it,” said Yesim Sayin of the D.C. Policy Center, a local think tank. “It can mean less hotel revenue, less sales tax revenue and less vibrancy for the city” at a time when the job market has gotten clobbered. The District expects to lose 40,000 jobs thanks to Trump’s cuts.

Read More: Event Planners Are Cancelling on Trump-Era Washington. Is This a Sign of Things to Come?
Additional reading: Creating an environment of growth and opportunity in the District

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