CLEARWATER, Fla. — Visit St. Pete-Clearwater released its fiscal year 2025 Pinellas County bed tax collection last Wednesday which showed it was only down $4 million from the previous year despite the back-to-back hurricanes that devastated the area.

What You Need To Know • Fiscal year 2025 Pinellas County bed tax collections were $92.5 million • Clearwater and St. Petersburg were the leading producers of the bed tax • The 2025 bed tax was 4.4% or $4 million lower than in 2024 • September visitor numbers were 14.4% higher than the previous year and helped to boost the annual total

“We were down 4.4 percent,” said Eddie Kirsch, VSPC Digital and Data Director. “Considering we just went through two massive hurricanes this past year, it shows the resiliency of our area that I think i

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