Area enjoys record-setting tourism revenues as peak season gets under way

Hillsborough County collected $3.38 million in bed taxes in January.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 12:19 p.m. February 10, 2020
The Tampa Convention Center and Riverwalk.
The Tampa Convention Center and Riverwalk.
Image courtesy of Visit Tampa Bay
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TAMPA — Tourism revenue for Tampa and Hillsborough County reached historic highs in January as the area’s bed tax collections surpassed $3 million for the first time.

 

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