by - November 14, 2022 5:00 pm
The state’s 2% tourism tax and tourism and travel industry jobs are setting new records in the first eight months of 2022, showing that the industry is recovering and growing…
by - September 14, 2022 5:59 pm
High fuel prices, inflation and concerns about a U.S. recession have yet to slow Arkansas’ tourism industry based on tax revenue and job numbers in the first six months of…
by - July 7, 2022 4:04 pm
Arkansas’ leisure and hospitality sector continues to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic induced recession in 2020. Hospitality tax collections, tourism jobs and the state’s 2% tourism tax posted healthy gains…
by - May 12, 2022 5:19 pm
Hospitality tax collections and tourism job numbers in the first two months of 2022 show a post-COVID-19 recovery, with double-digit percentage gains in tax revenue compared to the pre-pandemic months…
by - March 28, 2022 5:37 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax set a new record in 2021, and overall hospitality tax revenues in 17 cities surveyed for the Arkansas Tourism Ticker set a new record, but job…
by - February 3, 2022 4:26 pm
The good news about Arkansas’ tourism industry is the state’s 2% tourism tax is on pace to top the $20 million mark for the first time in 2021. The not-so-good…
by - December 20, 2021 10:39 am
Hospitality tax collections show the Arkansas tourism industry is rebounding from 2020 and will break 2019 tax revenue collections, but the sector still lags record job numbers and hotel tax…
by - September 21, 2021 4:53 pm
Arkansas’ tourism economy shows clear signs of recovery from business shutdowns in 2020, and gains above a robust sector in 2019. The state’s 2% tourism tax between January and June…
by - July 22, 2021 2:07 pm
The state’s tourism sector showed clear signs of recovery in the first four months of 2021, but the comparisons were up against the first two months of COVID-19 shutdown in…
by - May 11, 2021 2:25 pm
Hotel activity in Arkansas continues to suffer from COVID-19 impacts, with hotel tax revenue in the 17 cities surveyed for the Arkansas Tourism Ticker down more than 40% in the…
by - March 11, 2021 12:10 pm
Arkansas’ travel and tourism industry, which was enjoying more than a decade of growth, posted double-digit percentage declines in key categories in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic that hit…
by - January 12, 2021 12:02 pm
Arkansas’ travel and tourism industry is showing slight improvement but is not close to returning to the record-setting trends of 2019 that were continuing into early 2020 before the COVID-19…
by - November 8, 2020 4:55 pm
While the pace of decline is slowing somewhat, Arkansas’ tourism industry continues to face daunting economic headwinds for large and small businesses in a sector likely to not see real…
by - September 2, 2020 2:39 pm
Arkansas’ tourism industry is not in ICU, but COVID-19 certainly has one of the state’s largest economic sectors on its heels. The state’s 2% tourism tax is down 30.4% between…
by - May 13, 2020 3:23 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue in January and February was up 13.2% compared with the same period in 2019. The tax was up 7.2% in 2019. February revenue of $1.366…
by - March 2, 2020 12:13 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue in 2019 was up 7.2% compared with the same period in 2018. June and July were the first two months the collection was above $1.8…
by - January 21, 2020 3:48 pm
Arkansas’ travel and tourism economy gained momentum through 2019, with the pace of gains increasing in the September-October period. The state’s 2% tourism tax revenue between January and October was…
by - November 20, 2019 2:13 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue between January and August was up 6.2% compared with the same period in 2018, and also a gain from the 5.2% year-over-year increase through the…
by - September 16, 2019 11:14 am
There is no recession in Arkansas’ travel and tourism industry. The sector continues to see gains in growth, with the state’s 2% tourism tax revenue between January and June up…
by - August 6, 2019 11:41 am
January-April hospitality tax collections among 17 cities surveyed for the Arkansas Tourism Ticker were up 3.9% compared with the same period in 2018, and the state’s 2% tourism tax revenue…
