The Lincolnton Tourism Development Authority (LTDA) promotes tourism and visitor services & experiences within the City of Lincolnton.

The funds are intended to provide financial support for tourism-related expenditures including destination promotion, festival/event advertising & promotion, visitor attractions, and similar projects. Funds are not intended for event production costs, event sponsorships, or similar operating costs.

LTDA funds are hotel/motel occupancy taxes paid by visitors, in addition to state & local sales tax. The city collects a 3% occupancy tax from hotel/motel/lodging rental rates inside the city limits of Lincolnton.

The primary duty of LTDA board members is to consider, evaluate and approve allocations of these funds and award funding requests that benefit tourism-related activities and projects that meet the needs of the City and its business, development, and community goals. 

If a community organization or non-profit has an event, activity, or project that benefits tourism and wants to request support funds from the LTDA, please note:

• Complete and submit the LTDA online funding request a minimum of 45 days prior to a scheduled meeting.

• All requests must be submitted by using the online form. No paper or handwritten submissions will be accepted.

• Attach detailed information on your project to the online request form including an itemized budget, vendors/price quotes, design documents & renderings, etc.

• All approved projects will be required to obtain artwork approvals for any materials produced utilizing LTDA funds, submit project updates prior to each quarterly board meeting, and a post-project recap report upon project completion.