Speak Out - Tourist Welcome?

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In American English

 

Tourist community or NOT?

On a recent vacation trip to Washington, D.C. with friends and family I drove and my son navigated with maps and a GPS device.  Getting to Washington, D.C. was not too much of a problem, getting around the city proved to be.

I have been to Washington, D.C. many times over the past six decades and for the most part really enjoyed the city in the earlier decades, this last trip, though, was a trip.  The traffic was tremendous, and the local drivers were very aggressive to the point of being bullies; they had no respect for us Senior Citizen tourist that were trying to visit their fine city and spend our hard-earned dollars visiting some of the nearly 400 memorials that make up the tourist trade in Washington, D.C., and presumably brings in billions of dollars in tourist revenue each year.

Not only did we experience hostile drivers, we are driving with out-of-state tags, but we also found that the government workers, including the police who were standing around on street corners were not only NOT helpful, but 'put out' by our asking directions to this or that building or monument.

We never got to see half of the places we wanted to see due to NO parking, lack of adequate parking, poor road signage, lack of historical markers, and lack of cooperation from the good citizens of Washington, D.C. Too top it off, we also got a $100 parking ticket for parking in a Metered parking spot on Independence Avenue a couple of minutes after the 'legal' metered spots turned to 'illegal' metered spots at the afternoon rush hour.  This was after the meters took our money for the full two hours that we visited the Jewish Holocaust Memorial, and returned to our vehicle within the two hour time period that for which we paid. 

Needless to say, the lesson here is that if you want the tourist trade and the tourist money, then you need to 'educate' your local residents as to the importance of 'caring' for those visitors that spent the time, effort, and money to come to see what you have to offer.  To the fine citizens of Washington, D.C.,  I offer this, we will probably not be coming back your city and 'disturbing' your peace….

 

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En Español


La comunidad turística o NO?


Sobre unas vacaciones recientes tropezar a Washington, D.C. con amigos y la familia Yo conduje y mi hijo navegada con mapas y un GPS device.  Consiguiendo a Washington, D.C. no era demasiado de un problema, consiguiendo alrededor la ciudad
resultado.

Yo he estado a Washington, D.C. muchas veces sobre el pasado seis décadas y en su mayoría realmente disfrutaron la ciudad en las décadas más tempranas, este último viaje, aunque, era un trip.  El tránsito era tremendo, y los conductores locales eran muy agresivos a secas de ser valentones; ellos ningún tuvieron respecto para nosotros turista Mayor de Ciudadano que trataba de visitar su ciudad fina y gastar nuestros duros - los ganados dólares visitando algunos de los aproximadamente 400 monumentos que constituyen el comercio turístico en Washington, D.C., y presumiblemente trae en billones  de dólares en la renta turística cada año. No solamente hizo nosotros experimentamos conductores enemigo, nosotros conducimos con fuera - de - estatales etiquetas, pero nosotros también encontramos que los trabajadores de gobierno, incluyendo los policías quien permanecían alrededor sobre los rincones de calle eran no solamente NO útiles, pero'putfuera 'por nuestras pidiendo direcciones a este o que el edificio o monumento.

Nosotros nunca conseguimos para ver mitad de los lugares nosotros quisimos ver debido a NINGUNO estacionando, careciendo de estacionamiento adecuado, camino pobre signage, carencia de marcadores históricos, y carencia de cooperación desde los ciudadanos buenos de Washington, D.C. Demasiado cima lo fuera, nosotros también conseguimos una $100 boleta de estacionamiento para estacionar en una mancha Medida de estacionamiento sobre la Avenida de Independencia una pareja de minutos después de de las'legal'manchas medidas vuelta a'illegal'las manchas medidas en la prisa de tarde hour.  Estos estuvo después de de los metros tomada nuestro dinero por las lleno dos horas que nosotros visitamos el Monumento Judío de Holocausto, y volvió a nuestro vehículo dentro de el dos el período de tiempo de hora que para que nosotros paid. 

No es preciso decir, la lección aquí es que si usted quiere que el comercio turístico y el dinero turístico, entonces usted necesite'educatésus residentes locales con respecto a la
importancia de'caring'de esos visitadores que gastaron el tiempo, esfuerzo, y dinero para venir para ver qué usted tiene a offer.  A los ciudadanos finos de Washington, D.C.,   YO ofrezco esto, nosotros probablemente no volveremos su ciudad
y 'disturbing' su peace….
 

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