Benjy Cannon June 16, 2017 Statements, News story The Washington Post: Tourism is booming in the nation’s capital. So why aren’t hotel jobs? Benjy Cannon June 16, 2017 Statements, News story Amidst the rise in tourism in Washington, D.C., hiring in District hotels has not kept at the same paste. In fact according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the hotel industry’s share of the job market has been trending downward for 17 years.