Orange County lodge tax revenue in June marks highest consumption considering that pandemic began

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County’s tourism market continues to rebound amid the pandemic as summertime tourists remaining at place motels introduced in a lot more than $21 million in tax bucks for the month of June.

The vacationer development tax, also identified as TDT bucks collected from hotel and resort stays, for June had been the optimum reported considering that the pandemic began final spring, which experienced devastating economic penalties for Florida’s tourism market.

“Bottom line is, the figures were excellent,” Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond claimed Monday.

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June also marked the next month Orange County officers have not required to tap into the county’s reserve funds considering the fact that the pandemic commenced, according to the Orange County Comptroller’s Business. The county has utilised $146 million in reserves to meet its TDT obligations due to the fact the pandemic commenced.

Diamond reported even however the county is now introducing again to its reserve, funding it is “still not out of the woods.”

In buy to replenish county reserves to exactly where they were being in advance of the pandemic, Diamond mentioned the county wants to increase $1.5 million in surpluses for 96 consecutive months.

“To get back again to where by we have been, that is about 8 decades,” he claimed.

TDT collections totaled $21,717,000 for June, a 710% improve due to the fact past yr for the very same interval. The consumption is also up from May perhaps, all through which the county reported $16.8 million from lodge stays.

Diamond said the quantities for June are not pretty close to pre-pandemic amounts from 2019 but are roughly equal to 2017.