ORLANDO, Fla. – Visit Orlando recently came under fire from an audit conducted by the Orange County Comptroller.

The organization, which receives millions of tax dollars, was reported to have misused some of those funds. However, Visit Orlando maintains that they can justify how the tax dollars were spent.

Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond disclosed at the end of July that the audit revealed Visit Orlando classified millions of dollars they received as private funds rather than public dollars.

The funds in question come from the Tourist Development Tax (TDT), a tax paid by visitors staying in hotels or Airbnbs in Orange County. Visit Orlando receives 30% of this tax revenue, amounting to over $100 million annually. The primary objective of the tax is to increase tourism, create

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