Visit Raleigh released its year-end Wake County Tourism Industry Report, revealing 2023 as the highest year on record for tourism tax collections. Here are a few highlights for the 2023 calendar year:
- Hotel lodging tax collections added up to more than $38 million, up $5.1 million over 2022.
- Prepared food + bev tax collections totaled $44.6 million, an increase of $3.8 million over 2022.
- Both hotel lodging and prepared food + bev tax collections were the highest year on record, totaling 12.13% higher than 2022.
- Visit Raleigh and the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance hosted 367 events which brought nearly 629,000 visitors to the area.
Bonus: There are multiple downtown developments that will soon aid our growing tourism industry like the Raleigh Union Station Bus Facility and The Omni Raleigh Hotel.