Based on recent monthly numbers for innkeeper’s tax revenue, Monroe County’s tourism industry is back on track after getting hit hard by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
On Friday, the revenues from the county’s 5-percent innkeeper’s tax were reported by Mike Campbell at a meeting of the convention and visitors commission. Campbell chairs the five-member group. The tax is paid by guests at lodging establishments, including short-term rentals like Airbnb and Vrbo.
The monthly figures from the September, October and November reports achieved all-time highs for those months, based on data going back to 1999. Numbers reported for a given month reflect business done in the previous month. Continue reading “Monroe County innkeeper’s tax revenue booming, due in part to ‘revenge travel’”
