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Board raises hotel-motel tax cap to 8%; Chamber supports change to boost tourism funding
Summary
Following a staff presentation and one public comment from the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce, commissioners unanimously adopted an 8% hotel-motel excise tax for unincorporated Cherokee County to increase funding for tourism marketing, product development and related county priorities.
The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on June 17 to increase the county’s hotel-motel excise tax rate from 6% to 8% (the state-authorized maximum) for unincorporated areas.
Agency staff explained the statutory limits on how revenues can be spent: a percentage must be used for tourism conventions and trade shows (TCT) and, above certain thresholds, counties may…
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