Sales tax collection down over 1% in January compared to January 2024

$15,000 less collected than in January 2024, which was already $80,000 less than in January 2023. Visit Estes Park always cherrypicks one or two months out of twelve (remember VEP, there are twelve months in the year) where sales tax revenue is slightly up and attributes it entirely to activities Visit Estes Park introduced to Estes Park, whether Estes Park wanted them or not, whether VEP has any actual PROOF this caused people to come up in larger numbers or spend more money or not. I am now wondering what Visit Estes Park didn't do this January or last January that they will be apologizing for, and when they will be announcing their promise to do better next time, and refund some of the money they take from visitors through the lodging tax.

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