Will Out-of-Staters or Georgians Pay Most of the New Hotel Fee?

Tuesday, May 26th, 2015

A new nightly $5 fee on hotel stays in Georgia won’t be collected for another six weeks, but the question remains just who will be paying it.

Conservative estimates show the fee will pay close to 20 percent of the roughly $900 million that the transportation bill, House Bill 170, is expected to raise annually to tackle a backlog of transportation needs.

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