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Harvest Time in Capital Tourist Boom
Washington reporters joke that the city’s biggest industries are government and tourists. The Washington Board of Trade says 3.5 million visitors yearly spend about $60 each, mostly in front of the Capitol, White House, Smithsonian, and Mount Vernon, with crowds above 4,000 daily in peak periods.
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