Tourism Program Budget

The Strategic Tourism Planning Board (STPB), in consultation with County staff, prepares an annual budget for the hotel room occupancy tax collected by Tompkins County. 

2027 Budget

The STPB budget committee is currently developing the 2027 Tourism Program budget. Parties that are interested in receiving hotel room occupancy tax funds in 2027 should review the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) and prepare a budget request using the link below.

Download the Notice of Funding Availability(PDF, 475KB)

Download a template budget spreadsheet(XLSX, 19KB)

Prepare and submit a 2027 Budget Request

The deadline for 2027 budget requests is April 21, 2026.

2026 Budget

The Tompkins County Legislature adopted the 2026 budget on November 18, 2025.

Room Tax Summary

2026 Operating Budget

2025 Budget

The Tompkins County Legislature adopted the 2025 budget on November 19, 2024. Please see the links below for more details.

Room Tax summary

Tourism Program 2025 Operating Budget

 

2024 Budget

The Tompkins County Legislature adopted the 2024 budget in November 2023. The links below provide more information about the uses of hotel room occupancy tax in the budget.

Room tax summary

Tourism Program 2024 Operating Budget

Prior years

Please contact the staff at the Tompkins County Tourism Program for information about budgets for prior years. 

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Hotel room occupancy tax is reported quarterly. Please see below for current room tax collection reports.