More people are staying in local motels and hotels.
But that increase, for the 12 month period ending in May, is not keeping up with the increasing supply.
That was part of a report the Bryan city council received Kindra Fry of the Experience Bryan/College Station travel and tourism agency.
For this fiscal year, Fry reported increases in the number of leads for future conventions and meetings, the number of attendees, and the number of hotel room nights generated from those events.
Fry also reported hotel rooms remain available for Texas A&M home football games due to the use of short term housing rentals.
Fry also says owners of short term rentals are not paying local hotel occupancy taxes as they are required.
For the 12 month period ending in May, there is a three percent decrease in the overall occupancy rate compared with a year ago.
And the average room price, at almost $101 dollars a night, is down by about $1.28 per night.
