Source: City of Santa Barbara
The City of Santa Barbara received $1,483,908 in transient occupancy tax (TOT) for the month of April 2018, which is 8.7% below April 2017 collections. Hotel renovations, in addition to one less weekend day in April this year, contributed to the negative growth for the month.
The City has collected approximately $15.4 million in TOT revenue in the first ten months of the fiscal year, which runs from July 1 through June 30. The City’s adopted TOT budget is $19,262,400.
The Transient Occupancy Tax table can be viewed here.