DC ‘Cherry Blossom Bus’ continues tour with NYC stop – WTOP News

Washington, D.C.’s Cherry Blossom Bus is scheduled to drag into New York Metropolis Monday.

The bus and its crew of promoters spent Sunday in snowy Boston, the place they inspired folks to go to the nation’s capital this Spring.

“All these of us who journey the Acela Hall, we’ll ensure we’re in entrance of them and remind them that Washington, D.C. is a good place to go to,” mentioned John Falcicchio, deputy mayor for planning and financial improvement.

Falcicchio mentioned he was excited to hitch representatives of the Nationwide Cherry Blossom Competition, Vacation spot DC, Occasions DC and the Restaurant Affiliation of Metropolitan Washington on the tour bus.

“The bus is implausible. It’s a more moderen bus — a pink bus with logos on the aspect that say ‘Spring it On,’” Falcicchio mentioned. “And on the again of the bus is certainly one of my favourite particulars, which says ‘Comply with Us to Spring.’”

An estimated 25 million guests got here to Washington in 2019, however two years after the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, solely 19 million confirmed up in 2022.

Mayor Bowser and the DC Council hope the bus excursions will stimulate curiosity in visiting D.C. this spring.

“What we inform them is one of the best time of 12 months to come back to Washington, D.C., is the Spring and into the summer season,” mentioned Falcicchio.

The pink-colored bus will arrive in Washington Wednesday when the Nationwide Park Service will announce the expected bloom dates for the historic cherry blossom bushes that line the Tidal Basin.

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