Lodging Tax Receipts Up in Teton Valley

Extract from the Teton Valley Chamber of Commerce, Chamber Activity and Events Report –March, 2009

The state reported the status of lodging tax collection from July, 08 to January, 09. Much of the state was down in collections which is not a surprise given the current condition of the economy. The state forecasts a total decline in lodging revenue of 15% year on year (July 08 to January
09.)

For the above seven month period, however, four of the seven state regions posted overall declines. North Idaho and the two eastern Idaho regions posted a gain of which our region was the clear winner, up 2.26% overall. Of the tourism and regional hot spots, Coeur d 'Alene was up 1.82%, Ada County was down 12.97%, Valley County was down 6.20%, Teton County was up
10.92%, Bonneville County was up 1.83%, Blaine County was down 3.65%.

It is gratifying to see that the efforts the TVCC and our community have been putting forth did come back in a quantitative way and showed us that we are headed in the right direction.