$410 million in tourism taxes generated for communities in Florida

Hosts play a vital role in boosting local economies across Florida, welcoming millions of guests, helping big cities and small communities benefit from tourism, and dispersing travel beyond traditional tourism hubs into neighborhoods and regional destinations. In 2024, in areas where Airbnb is permitted to collect and remit tourism taxes, we remitted more than $410 million on behalf of Florida hosts to local governments statewide.

Critically, hosts and the guests they welcome support communities by generating significant tax revenue for local governments at a time when many Florida cities and counties are facing budget pressures. Cities often dedicate these tax dollars to fund critical services like police, infrastructure, and libraries-or use them to promote inbound tourism through destination marketing organizations.

Below is a snapshot of the taxes collected and remitted on behalf of hosts from June 2024 to June 2025 in select counties across the state:

• Brevard County: $4.3M
• Broward County: $22.4M
• Collier County: $5.1M
• Hillsborough County: $8.7M
• Lee County: $7.1M
• Miami-Dade County: $28.5M
• Orange County: $7.2M
• Pinellas County: $15M
• Polk County: $8M
• Sarasota County: $6.9M

Together, these counties alone represent more than $120 million in tourism tax revenue generated in just one year.

Support for sensible tax collection policies

Airbnb has long supported solutions that allow short-term rental platforms to collect and remit taxes on behalf of hosts-working with lawmakers on streamlined centralized tax collection laws.

Not only do centralized tax collection laws ensure all short-term platforms collect and remit tourism taxes on behalf of hosts, they also simplify the collection process for cities, towns, and counties that charge local tourism taxes, such as hotel occupancy taxes or accommodation taxes. The Tax Foundation published a report on the benefits of centralized tourism tax administration for businesses, taxpayers, and governments.

Communities welcoming Airbnb guests-particularly those facing budget challenges-have an opportunity to bolster this economic activity with a streamlined tax collection system. Governments tend to see more revenue when they implement statewide rules that allow short-term rental platforms to collect and remit local taxes on behalf of hosts.