Major US city looks to hike hotel fees to boost tourism

Americans are flocking once again to Minneapolis, Minnesota, with the Twin Cities seeing a rebound in visitors. 

Many local hotels are pushing to create a tourism improvement district (TID) which would implement a hotel tax in order to fund different tourism initiatives. 

Roughly 680,000 hotel rooms were booked during the summer with a 68.1% occupancy around the city.

State legislation passed in 2023 requires 51% of hotels to opt in along with City Council approval to form TID.

The group is looking "to get even more 'to show that this is a mandate,'" according to Axios.

Fox News Digital reached out to Meet Minneapolis for comment.