DALTON, Ga. — The City Council passed a resolution Monday night to raise the hotel/motel tax to 7 percent.
The additional 1 percent lodging tax would raise roughly $100,000 more each year for the Dalton Convention and Visitors Bureau, Mayor David Pennington said.
The current budget is about $380,000, according to new CVB Executive Director Brett Huske.
John Davis, chairman of the CVB board, said the extra money would be used solely for marketing.
OTHER NORTH GEORGIA HOTEL/MOTEL TAX RATES* Catoosa County: none- Cities of Ringgold/Fort Oglethorpe: 6 percent* Chattooga: none- City of Trion: 3 percent* Dade County: none- City of Trenton: 5 percent* Gordon County: 5 percent- City of Calhoun: 5 percent* Murray County: 5 percent- City of Chatsworth: 5 percent* Walker County: none- Cities of LaFayette/Chickamauga: 5 percent- City of Lookout Mountain: 3 percent* Whitfield County: 6 percent (proposed increase to 7 percent)- City of Dalton: 6 percent (proposed increase to 7 percent)Source: 2009 hotel/motel data with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, county and city officials