Florida Keys Hotel Taxes Hit Record

Above, the end of U.S. Highway 1 in Key West. Photo by armand Vaquer.

An indicator of how the travel industry is on the rebound in the Florida Keys is the amount of hotel taxes the county tax collector is receiving.

It has hit an "all-time record."

According to the Miami Herald:

How high has tourism in the Florida Keys bounced back since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic?

It’s at an all-time high in one tell-tale department.

The Keys in March set a record by generating more than $9.2 million in taxes from hotel, motel and short-term vacation rentals, according to the Monroe County tax collector.  

The $9,216,318 represents taxes picked up March 1-31 and is an increase of nearly 148% from March 2020, when the tourist development tax totaled about $3.7 million, said county Tax Collector Sam Steele.

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