Tourism tax collections see boost in April

Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond announced April 2025 collections were $33,124,300, a 9.3% increase compared to April 2024.

By Michael Eng
| 10:46 a.m. June 10, 2025

Southwest Orange
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Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond announced Tourist Development Tax collections received by Orange County for the April 2025 TDT collection month were $33,124,300. That is a 9.3% increase compared to April 2024.

“April collections were higher than last year — in part because Easter fell in April this year instead of March,” Diamond said. “However, April 2025 collections were still $519,300 less than April 2023 — when Easter also occurred in April.”

According to Visit Orlando, Orlando’s travel performance experienced solid growth in April 2025, with hotel occupancy rising 2.1% year-over-year to 73.0%, while demand increased at an even higher rate of 3.2%. The Average Daily Rate climbed 6.7% to $223.44, driven largely by a surge in leisure travel following the Easter holiday shift. Short-term rentals also saw a significant boost in demand, up 28% from last year.

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As a child, Editor and Publisher Michael Eng collected front pages of the Kansas City Star during Operation Desert Storm, so it was a foregone conclusion that he would pursue a career in journalism. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Missouri — Columbia School of Journalism. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his wife and three children, or playing drums around town. He’s also a sucker for dad jokes.