
DC mayor travels to Dubai for climate change conference, promote tourism amid spiraling crime
Fox News
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is taking a trip to Dubai in the UAE and Qatar to discuss climate change and tourism as crime in the nation's capital spikes.
"Mayor Bowser will join leaders from across the globe for the first-ever local action climate summit, hosted by the COP 28 Presidency and Bloomberg Philanthropies. She will first visit Doha, Qatar to engage with leaders on the issues of infrastructure, sports and education, as well as promote Washington, DC as a destination for investment and tourism in partnership with the DC Chamber of Commerce," her office continued in a press release.
The trip comes after the city recorded its 249th homicide for the year, the highest number of homicides since 2003. Homicides alone have spiked by 35% so far this year when compared to the same period in 2022, police data published Nov. 22 show.