Tourism funding down in Ocean City
January 25, 2012 by Peter Gillberg
Filed under News
Gearing up for the 2012 campaign, tourism officials will have to absorb a $130,000 loss as revenue from funding sources, including mercantile licenses for businesses, mercantile fees for landlords and fees from contractors, is down.
The tourism commission will work within a $750,000 budget to fund a wide variety of initiatives.
“This affects us greatly,” said Nick Marotta, chairman of the city’s tourism commission. “The city has done a fantastic job. They are doing the best they can to collect the fees, but we do have to look into this.”
At a Jan. 12 City Council meeting, Council President Michael Allegretto said he was surprised.
“The number of rental units isn’t down,” he said at the meeting. “If anything, the number of units should be up.”
Source: Shore News Today
