An Act Concerning the Greater Fairfield Tourism District. An Act Concerning the Greater Fairfield Tourism District. Passage of this bill would redistribute revenue from the Greater New Haven Tourism District to the Greater Fairfield Tourism District. Although the municipalities comprise the tourism districts, municipal revenue is not impacted.
Revenue is disbursed directly to the districts, for use by the districts.
This bill shifts the town of Trumbull from the Greater New Haven Tourism District to the Greater Fairfield Tourism District. Each of the state's 11 tourism districts is responsible for promoting travel and tourism within the district. Annually, a portion of the hotel and lodgings tax collected by the state funds the districts. A district receives a percentage of the tax collected from each town within the district, based on the town's population. Trumbull has a population of 30,000.