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Destination Bryan reports record visitor spending, flags short‑term rental compliance and modest budget request
Summary
Destination Bryan gave an annual recap showing rising visitation and visitor spending, estimated hotel tax collections, and proposed a small net budget increase including one new creative/design FTE.
John Friebel, speaking for Destination Bryan, told the council that the organization is tracking growth in visitation, lodging demand and visitor spending and proposed a modest budget increase and one additional staff position to support marketing and creative work.
Friebel said that, based on the Dean Runyon report and Destination Bryan tracking, "in 2024, we welcomed about 4,800,000 visitors" to the area and those visitors generated about "$184,000,000 in visitor spending." He said FY 2025 lodging revenues are expected to be about $40,000,000 and predicted that hotel occupancy tax (HOT) collections for the city this year will be about $3,000,000.
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