The summer visitor season appears to have improved slightly over the last year for Wrangell, according to data available through the city, state and private businesses.
One indication of this has been collections of the city's transient occupancy tax, commonly called the "bed tax," a six-percent levy on room rates for local hotels, lodges and other accommodations. The Wrangell Chamber of Commerce has 17 of these listed, whose primary seasons and target markets vary. While sales tax data could be a useful way to gauge how the local economy as a whole has been doing, those are not broken down mo...
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