The Art of Living Foundation  is hosting the World Culture Festival at the National Mall in Washington DC, Sep 29–Oct 01. More than 17,000 artists from around the globe are performing at this event and more than 250,000 people are expected to attend with tens of millions of viewers online. Currently, more than  400,000 passes are registered for the event, of which 25% are from outside of the DMV and 7% are international. And so, DC will be hosting tens of thousands of international and national visitors who will have the opportunity to enjoy our vibrant and diverse restaurants. Destination DC estimates the economic impact to DC to be $29 million. Our hope is that it is closer to $50 million. 

With hundreds of thousands of guests expected from outside DMV, we believe that restaurants in the area stand to benefit. To that effect, we would like to create a partnership with select restaurants. 

Each visitor will receive a welcome pack from us, and the participating restaurants will be included in the welcome pack. 

Our website currently has 200,000 visits per month with ~5,000 people signing up for the festival each day. Participating restaurants will be listed on our website as the WCF preferred restaurants.