ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – More than $7.7 million was collected in October from the tourist development tax, according to the Orange County comptroller.[TRENDING: ‘Christmas Star’ forming soon | This holiday drone light show is way COOL | Can I legally pass a police car in traffic?]Amid the coronavirus pandemic, this is the sixth straight month the collection has increased.October’s numbers are still 69% less from the same period last year.“This is the lowest October collections number that we’ve had since the October directly following the Sept.
11 tragedy in 2001,” County Comptroller Phil Diamond said.County officials said there is a light at the end of the tunnel as the Food and Drug Administration could approve multiple vaccines in the.