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Booking Platforms, Bus Cancellations and Tourism Revenue Stir County Concern
Summary
County tourism staff reported a modest rebound in transient room tax receipts but noted booking.com previously withheld funds; commissioners raised alarm about bus tour cancellations and discussed seeking state tax commission enforcement for unpaid remittances.
Garfield County tourism officials told commissioners on Jan. 26 that year-to-date transient room tax revenue was about $50,000 higher than last January, but cautioned that the increase does not necessarily reflect more visitors.
"That does not really equal the people that we're seeing in the county because most of the businesses still have said they're slow," said the tourism…
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