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Tourism tax collections top $7M in Hillsborough for second time ever

Hotel revenue and occupancy rates continued strong in the spring, helping Hillsborough County nearly set a new tax record.

By Louis Llovio
| 5:30 p.m. May 1, 2024
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Embassy Suites Tampa Downtown, at 513 S. Florida Ave., in 2016.

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Tourism continues to boom in Hillsborough County. And the numbers, officials say, prove it.

According to a report released Wednesday by Visit Tampa Bay, tourist development tax collections jumped 7.3% to $7.28 million in February when compared with last year and 21% when compared with 2022.

That is the second highest month in the history of the county, the tourism group says in the statement. The previous high was March 2023 when $7.79 million was collected.

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Louis Llovio

Louis Llovio is the deputy managing editor at the Business Observer. Before going to work at the Observer, the longtime business writer worked at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Maryland Daily Record and for the Baltimore Sun Media Group. He lives in Tampa.