Hospitality Community Favors Room Tax Increase
Moore County has spent the better part of five years debating whether to raise the hotel occupancy room tax visitors pay, but the COVID-19 pandemic and its sweeping impact on local tourism has rekindled the tax discussion, this time with more urgency. âThe key word is opportunity. It is an opportunity,â said Board of Commissioners Chairman Frank Quis, offering no promises or concessions in brief remarks during a meeting Thursday of the local Convention and Visitors Bureau. The âroom taxâ, as itâs better known, is currently set at 3 percent on a visitorâs hotel bi...
Source: thepilot.com