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Unfortunately, Tourist Development Taxes are under attack by the Florida Legislature just when we need them the most. The proposed House Bill 1429 and Senate Bill 2008 would allow local ...

Tourist Development Tax, session ends without budget, soon-to-be Florida college grads look ahead and weekly news briefing Published May 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM EDT Listen • 49:32 ...

Passing the hat for Visit Florida. The legislation would require the state’s 62 tourist development councils – only five Florida counties don’t have them – to contribute a portion of their ...

In Florida the Tourist Development Tax, a levy collected from visitors staying at short-term rentals, has traditionally been used to fund local tourism marketing efforts through Tourist ...

Why It Matters. Florida counties currently levy a tax on hotels called the tourist development tax. At present, at least 40 percent of this tax must be spent on tourism marketing.

The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District's board of supervisors discussed the pending development deal in a 25-minute meeting on Wednesday at its Lake Buena Vista headquarters.. The ...

The number of people traveling to Florida during the second quarter of 2023 decreased compared to a year earlier, according to estimates released Wednesday by the state's tourism-marketing agency.

The sound of music draws people inside the Doctor Phillips Center for the performing arts. Now, what if there was more to do outside Doctor Phillips is looking to expand its outdoor space and they ...

Bills currently moving through the Florida Legislature, HB 1429/SB 2008, would sweep Tourist Development Taxes and allow local governments to divert those funds away from their intended purpose ...

The healthy tourism business is boosting the collection of Tourist Development taxes. In Orange County, tax collections for September were up 4.5%, marking a record for the month.