Escambia County isn’t the only county having a record summer for tourism. Tourist development agencies in Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties all recorded their highest bed tax collections ever in a single month in July.
Bed tax collections were up 85 percent in Okaloosa compared to July 2010. Collections were up 53 percent in Walton County and 67 percent in Santa Rosa County compared to July a year ago.
Escambia County had a 63 percent increase over July 2010.
As the Chamber and County Commissioner debated the future of tourism development and marketing, some are pointing to success of the current TDC team. While it appears, everybody on the gulf coast of Northwest Florida did well whether their tourism was handled by Chambers or independent tourism authorities.
