COLLECTIONS of the state's 5% hotel tax in January declined 41.9% year over year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS
PROVIDENCE – Collection of the 5% hotel tax declined 41.9% year over year in January to $473,026, the R.I. Department of Revenue said Friday. All allocations of the hotel tax from January to regional tourism districts totaled $181,673, the largest of which was $80,567 to the Aquidneck Island district. The tourism district with the largest…