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ANSWERS TO THE 2017 LODGING TAX FUND APPLICATION <br />2. Estimate of how any money received will result in: <br />Away from place of residence or business in Paid <br />accommodations: <br />At last year's grant submittal, the Kittitas County Chamber of <br />Commerce did a telephone polling on our behalf to a large portion <br />of the major chain hotel and motel's key staff and asked for the <br />reasons why people booked their overnight stays. Based on that <br />telephone poll, roughly 97 rooms were booked, listing wineries, <br />tasting rooms and vineyards as a reason to visit and stay the <br />night. Using the standard 3% (to 5%) increase, we stated 101 <br />rooms booked last year. (this year's grant project is not yet <br />complete, so the grand total of overnight stays cannot be tallied, <br />however the verification of overnight stays related to wine <br />tourism from Brew House Boarding is 76; which is well on our way <br />to meeting 101 goal.) For 2017, one could safely assume another <br />3% increase in the overnight stays for next year to be roughly 104 <br />paid accommodations. <br />II. To a place 50 miles or more away: <br />In addition to using the Chamber's polling of key chain hotels, an <br />article (shown below) written by The Yakima Herald on August 22, <br />2016 which quotes the Bureau of Land Management as having <br />tracked 300,000 visitors to the Yakima Canyon Scenic By -way this <br />season! Because of on-line bookings for campsites, BLM could <br />easily follow demographics and was quoted as saying that most <br />Kittitas Valley Vintners Page 3 of 13 <br />