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Tourism spending, hotel stays increase in Prince William

Prince William leaders today could decide to spend between $50 and $60,000 by ordering a performance audit of the county's tourism bureau.

Occoquan District Supervisor Ruth Anderson asked for the audit on March 15. The audit comes as county budget wonks are in the trenches working to prepare the upcoming FY2017 budget due July 1.

Anderson said a 2009 agreement between the Prince William County Board of Supervisors and Discover Prince William, the county's convention and visitors bureau, expired in 2014.

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