Mike Wiggins â Ouray County Plaindealer The Ouray Tourism Office couldn't begin selling tickets for the 2019 Jeep Wrangler until September due to a delay in fixing an accounting error flagged by the state.
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2019 Top Story No. 8: Ups, downs mark Tourism Office’s year
STORIES OF THE YEAR: NO. 8
A roller coaster of 2019 for the Ouray
Tourism Office began with the organization celebrating an infusion of additional funding and ended with the nonprofit heading into 2020 without an executive director and facing changes in how it operates.
The OTO pushed for a November 2018 ballot measure — ultimately approved by voters — that changed the city’s lodging tax from a flat $3 per room, per night fee to a 3.5 percent tax.
The change in calculation paid immediate divid...
