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County’s Tourism Director Points to Inequality in State’s Tax Redistribution

Cape May County tourism generated $637.5 million in state and local taxes in 2023, the last full year of reporting, or $1.75 million per day. Every year the county collects hundreds of millions in taxes through tourism, sending the bulk of it to the state.

Diane Wieland, the county’s tourism department director, said that in 2023, the state’s occupancy tax, which is assessed on lodging and is a significant component of the tourism taxes sent to the state, generated $189 million.