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Clackamas County tourism office outlines funding, data and marketing programs for Mount Hood region
Summary
At an Estacada Economic Development Commission meeting, Jim Austin of the Clackamas County Office of Tourism described how the county's transient lodging tax funds marketing, grants and data-driven visitor management in the Mount Hood Gorge region and offered to return with updated data.
Jim Austin, community relations and development lead for the Clackamas County Office of Tourism, told the Estacada Economic Development Commission that the office’s work is funded entirely by the county transient lodging tax and that the department runs both marketing and destination-development programs for the Mount Hood Gorge region.
"One hundred percent of our funding comes from the county's 6% transient lodging tax," Austin said, summarizing the program's revenue source and the funding flows that support visitor marketing and development grants.
Austin said the tax is collected under Clackamas County Ordinance 8.02, approved by a countywide vote in June 1992, and described how the ordinance distributes receipts: a portion retained by lodging operators for collection costs, 2% for county administration, a fixed annual amount to the county fair and the…
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