Delinquent hotel occupancy tax collection
Summary
The Board tracks how tourism dollars are performing, including sales tax and hotel occupancy tax collections, which help fund Rockport's visitor marketing. Recent figures showed sales tax up 3.5% and hotel occupancy tax up 5% year over year.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 5
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Jul 28, 2026.
Impact analysis
Sales tax was recently running about $279,634 in a single month against a $256,000 budget, with hotel occupancy tax also beating budget — money that helps fund tourism promotion.
Rockport residents and businesses that rely on tourism revenue and the programs it funds.
Mentions & discussions (5)
City Council - Jul 28, 2026
The City Manager is now authorized to take legal steps to collect delinquent hotel occupancy taxes from the hotel at 901 Hwy 35 N.
Convention and Visitor Bureau Board - Jun 17, 2026
The Board tracks how tourism dollars are performing, including sales tax and hotel occupancy tax collections, which help fund Rockport's visitor marketing. Recent figures showed sales tax up 3.5% and hotel occupancy tax up 5% year over year.
Convention and Visitor Bureau Board - May 27, 2026
The board was scheduled to receive updates on the tourism fund, sales tax collections and hotel occupancy tax collections — the money that pays for promoting Rockport to visitors. These reports show how well the visitor economy is doing and how much is available for marketing.
Convention and Visitor Bureau Board - Mar 18, 2026
The Board was scheduled to review how the Tourism Fund, sales tax collections, and hotel occupancy tax collections are performing. These numbers show how much money tourism is bringing into the city and help guide how marketing dollars get spent.
City Council - Feb 24, 2026
Quarterly reports from hotel-tax grant recipients ACTS Aviation (Warbirds Over South Texas) and the Chamber of Commerce (SeaFair) were up for approval, documenting how tourism-promotion dollars are being spent.
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