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2019 Travel Economic Impacts in Tuolumne County
Reported by Dean Runyan Associates for Visit California, May 2020
The research results for Tuolumne County are worth celebrating. The numbers from 2018 to 2019 demonstrate another increase in direct travel spending, employment and tax revenue at both the state-level and county-level.
Total Travel Spending: $273 million = 7% increase over 2018
Lodging: $78.3 million
Food Service: $76.2 million
Food Stores: $11.8 million
Local Transportation & Gas: $29.7 million
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation: $35.4 million
Retail Sales: $30.5 million
Employment:
2,445 Tourism Industry Jobs (not including Black Oak Casino Resort and Chicken Ranch Casino)
State and Local Tax Receipts:
$21.3 million = 8.7% increase over 2018
State and local tax revenue is equivalent to $960 per Tuolumne County resident household.
Transient Occupancy Tax Collected in 2019:
Tuolumne County (unincorporated): $4.73 million
City of Sonora: $502,000
About the Transient Occupancy Tax
- Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) is paid by visitors to our County and is a benefit to everyone who lives in Tuolumne County and the City of Sonora.
- Visit Tuolumne County is funded by 25% of the collected TOT, allowing Tuolumne County to be marketed as a tourist destination across multiple channels nationwide and internationally.
- 75% of the collected tax revenue goes towards infrastructure, parks and other important public services.
- TOT dollars are the only tax dollars that stay 100% local!
- The tax is collected from guests who stay at our local hotels, motels, B&Bs, vacation rentals, cabins and other short-term lodging.
- TOT is not a tax on businesses.
- The collection of TOT reduces the tax burden for local residents.
- TOT rate in Tuolumne County and in incorporated Sonora is 10%.
