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Discover the Palm Beaches warns proposed bed-tax change could cut visitation and revenue
Summary
Discover the Palm Beaches presented county- and city-level tourism data to the Palm Beach Gardens City Council and warned legislation to eliminate targeted bed-tax promotion funding could reduce visitation and tax revenues over time.
Discover the Palm Beaches, the county tourism marketing organization, told the Palm Beach Gardens City Council that its research shows tourism supports millions of room nights and billions in local economic activity and that a legislative proposal to remove bed-tax funding for destination promotion could lower visitation and tax revenue over time.
Milton Segara, president and CEO of Discover the Palm Beaches, told the council the county receives about "9,900,000 visitors" and generates "pretty much $10,500,000,000 in economic impact," and said approximately "90,000 people worked in our industry." Gustav…
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