Hotel occupancy is up 23% since March 2020, while Pike Place Market visitors are up nearly 60% since June 2020, according to the DSA. Originally at 76% in March 2020, office workers are still just at 34% occupancy.
This goes against earlier pandemic predictions, where business leaders and experts believed downtown’s economic resurgence would come from workers returning to offices, followed by growth in tourism. But the opposite has occurred so far: tourism has returned to Seattle before remote workers.
At $6,783, Seattle has the second-highest average monthly salary for remote workers, according to recentcompiled by Teamwork. Seattle trails just San Francisco, Calif., while earning more than Arlington, W.Va., Dallas, Texas, and New York, N.Y.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Barberton man convicted of 2020 fatal shooting in AkronCharles Deel, 26, was found guilty of murder and felonious assault for the shooting death of Woody Cisterna.
Read more »
10th Circuit Court upholds dismissal of 2020 election fraud caseA Denver-based federal appeals court has agreed with a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit that claimed the 2020 presidential election was stolen from President Donald Trump and had been rigged by Dominion Voting Systems, Facebook (now Meta) and others.
Read more »
Dallas County finalizes list of crimes tied to 2020 George Floyd protestsWith just three weeks to spare before the statute of limitations runs out for prosecuting crimes related to the 2020 protests sparked by the murder of George...
Read more »
'Top Gun: Maverick,' originally slated for 2020 release, wins Tom Cruise 1st $100 million openingThe 59-year-old superstar just got his first $100 million opening weekend with 'Top Gun: Maverick.'
Read more »
'Top Gun: Maverick,' originally slated for 2020 release, wins Tom Cruise 1st $100 million openingThe 59-year-old superstar just got his first $100 million opening weekend with 'Top Gun: Maverick.'
Read more »
SDPD Releases Footage of 2020 Shooting Involving Mentally Ill WomanTwo years after SDPD shot a mentally ill woman inside her apartment, we’re seeing footage of how it unfolded. Family members question why mental health professionals weren't there to try and de-escalate the situation before police went into her home.
Read more »