Cashing In On Tourism: OKC Hotel Tax Increase Passed

Oklahoma City will soon cash in on tourism. Voters passed an increase to the city's hotel tax, the first in 20 years.

66 percent of residents supported raising the hotel tax from five and a half percent to just over 9 percent.

That tax is charged to anyone who stays overnight in a hotel or rents a home-sharing property, like Airbnb and Vrbo.

The city expects to bring in more than $11 million to promote tourism and make improvements to the fairgrounds and convention center.

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