Orange County Tourism Development Tax collections sees drop at end of 2023

Seven months out of the last eight saw a year-over-year decrease in tourism development tax funds.

Orange County, FL — Orange County Comptroller, Phil Diamond, released the Tourist Development Tax collections for November of 2023. The $29.6 million received is a 4% decrease from November of 2022.

This marks the seventh month out of the last eight in 2023 that has seen a decrease in tourism development tax collections. The only month in the last eight in 2023 that saw an increase was September, but only by 0.8%.

So far, collections are down 5.2% or $3.2 million in 2023 from 2022, as we await the report for December.

On a positive note, November of 2023′s collections were higher than 2021′s by 4.2 million.

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