Salmon Arm Councillor Kevin Flynn holds the Municipal & Regional District Tax (or 91裸聊视频榟otel tax91裸聊视频�) program in high esteem.

91裸聊视频淭he work that91裸聊视频檚 been done is awesome. Best thing we ever did was getting MRDT in, second best thing we ever did was letting EDS (Salmon Arm Economic Development Society) set up the management of it. It91裸聊视频檚 all positive in my mind.91裸聊视频�

The 2022 MRDT Annual Performance Report provided to council by SAEDS91裸聊视频� Lana Fitt and Caitlin Thompson showed that since 2017, except for a dip in 2020, the revenue collected has steadily climbed.

With a total of $323,479 collected in 2022, last year saw Salmon Arm91裸聊视频檚 highest annual overnight stay revenue in the history of its MRDT collecting, realizing a 20 per cent increase over 2021 figures.

The City of Salmon Arm was approved by the province to begin collecting the two per cent MRDT on June 1, 2017. It disburses 100 per cent of MRDT funds received monthly to SAEDS. An MRDT committee of SAEDS has the mandate to direct and oversee all aspects of the program, with the support of the Economic Development manager, who is Lana Fitt.

The MRDT committee is made up of accommodators, broader tourism stakeholders and representatives of organizations such as Shuswap Tourism, Shuswap Trail Alliance, Salmon Arm Folk Music Society, RJ Haney Heritage Museum, Salmon Arm Visitor Centre and others.

Highlights listed from the past year included:

91裸聊视频� event support where 24 events from March through to November 2022 received various categories of support, and the bid to host the 2024 55+ BC Games was successful;

91裸聊视频� visitor support services such as installation of 23 wayfinding signs, and planning for the four downtown information pillars, three new city entrance signs, as well as three static and one mobile information kiosks;

91裸聊视频� visitor marketing such as a city tear sheet map along with numerous digital marketing campaigns promoting shoulder- and off-season visitor attractions; and

91裸聊视频� trail support where MRDT revenue supported the Shuswap Trail Alliance in the planning, marketing and signage for a number of area trails.

Mayor Alan Harrison pointed to the revenue graph in the MRDT report.

91裸聊视频淚n general, I91裸聊视频檇 like to commend EDS for their management of the MRDT tax,91裸聊视频� he said, making particular note of the collaboration that is taking place between EDS, Downtown Salmon Arm, Shuswap Tourism and city tourism agencies.

The funds collected help attract tourists during the shoulder seasons, he noted.

Harrison also said it91裸聊视频檚 important that the MRDT committee, composed of accommodators and members of tourist-driven businesses, is making the decisions on where revenue should be spent.

He also referred to the visitor analysis, where, from Jan. 1 to April 30, 2022, 81.6 per cent of visitors to the geo-coded Salmon Arm areas were from B.C., 14.2 per cent from Alberta, two per cent from Ontario and one per cent from Saskatchewan.

91裸聊视频淭hose people who come and visit us from Alberta are extremely important. I really appreciate our residents making them feel welcome, and our businesses,91裸聊视频� Harrison emphasized.

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