Windsor is looking to do what many cities throughout the U.S. are already doing.
Council will discuss Monday a report outlining the details of a proposed 4% hotel room tax.
Based on an estimate of 3,000 hotel rooms in Windsor the Municipal Accomodation Tax would generate $2.8-million each year.
Gordon Orr is head of Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island - which would get half of that revenue
He told the Afternoon News on AM800 that it brings more funding to tourism without going to the ratepayer.
"The only way you're going to generate extra revenue without going back to the taxpayer and saying we need more money or we need money to go after this convention or money to go after this sporting event, this will alleviate those pressures and demands," says Orr.
He says the provincial legislation is clear on how the funding needs to be used.
"Half the tax, 50% of the money that's collected has to go to a tourism entity that's arms length, so the city for example couldn't give it to another department but they can us because we're considered what they call an Agency Board or Commission"
If council approves the tax it will go into effect in October.