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.
The 2026 Tourism Program budget is currently under development. Please note that the deadline for submitting budget requests through the Notice of Funding Availability passed on April 18, 2025.
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
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
Please contact the staff at the Tompkins County Tourism Program for information about budgets for prior years.