Voters to decide on lodging tax

WORLAND – Voters on Tuesday in Washakie County will decide whether to continue a lodging tax.

Washakie County already charges 4 percent to visitors for lodging, with revenues going toward the county Visitor’s Council for advertising and tourism initiatives. According to the question on the ballot, voters will vote for or against continuing a lodging tax “of 4 percent upon lodging of 30 days or less, in hotels, motels, tourist courts, trailer parks, campground, dude ranches, and outfitters, and similar establishments providing accommodations or space for transient visitors and tourists.

According to the Wyoming Department of Revenue, Washakie County collected $102,354 in lodging taxes in 2018, $102,218 in 2017, $103,878 in 2016 and $118,937 in 2015.

Revenues go toward local travel and tourism promotion.

Counties and/or municipalities can levy from 1 percent up to 4 percent. Washakie County has approved a lodging tax since 1990.