The Strategic Tourism Planning Board (STPB), in consultation with County staff, prepares an annual budget for the hotel room occupancy tax collected by Tompkins County.
The STPB budget committee is currently developing the 2026 Tourism Program budget. Parties that are interested in receiving hotel room occupancy tax funds in 2026 should review the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) and prepare a budget request using the link below.
Download the Notice of Funding Availability(PDF, 477KB)
Download a template budget spreadsheet(XLSX, 19KB)
Prepare and submit a 2026 Budget Request
The deadline for 2026 budget requests is April 18, 2025.
The Tompkins County Legislature adopted the 2025 budget on November 19, 2024. Please see the links below for more details.
Room Tax summary
Tourism Program 2025 Operating Budget
The Tompkins County Legislature adopted the 2024 budget in November 2023. The links below provide more information about the uses of hotel room occupancy tax in the budget.
Room tax summary
Tourism Program 2024 Operating Budget
Please contact the staff at the Tompkins County Tourism Program for information about budgets for prior years.