ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The latest tourist tax collection numbers are in and while they aren’t as low as last month’s, they still don’t look good.Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond announced Wednesday during a news conference that the May 2020 TDT collection totaled $1,144,300, which is a 95% decrease from May 2019.
However, that is a slight increase from the previous month’s “extremely low level” of collection, which was a 97% drop compared to April 2019, according to a report from the county.TDT refers to the tax collected from hotel, motel and resort stays in Orange County, also known as a hotel bed tax.[PREVIOUS: Orange County’s tourist tax collection drops 97% to new record low amid coronavirus closures]Diamond said April’s.