The Research Team at VTC has contracted with STR, a leading lodging industry research company, to provide weekly and monthly lodging data for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The following reports include data for Virginia, STR’s pre-defined geographies across Virginia (markets and submarkets), and Virginia’s ten tourism regions. Statewide data is further broken down by hotel class scale such as Luxury, Upper Upscale, Upscale, Upper Midscale, Midscale, and Economy.
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Weekly Report
Monthly Report
Explanation of Lodging Regions
Smith Travel Research uses predefined regions to report lodging trends throughout Virginia. These regions generally refer to areas around a city or town rather than specific political boundaries.
- The Word document below provides maps and explanations for each of these regions.
Explanation of Virginia Regions Defined by STR– Word Doc - Tourism Regions Map– PDF
To receive the lodging reports by email, contact Pratiksha Bhattarai.
Virginia Excise Tax Collections
Virginia Tourism Corporation obtains the travel-industry related local excise tax collections data directly from the Local Government Comparative Reports published on the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts website. The report below includes Transient Occupancy Excise Tax Collections, Meals Excise Tax Collections, and Admissions Excise Tax Collections reported to the Auditor of Public Accounts by Virginia’s counties, independent cities, and incorporated towns.
Excise tax collections are typically reported in July-to-June fiscal years, not calendar years. Localities imposing a local transient occupancy excise tax may impose the tax on any or all classes of lodging such as hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, cabins, and campgrounds.