Destination El Paso released hotel occupancy numbers for 2016 on Wednesday indicating that El Paso had record-high occupancy and revenue figures last year.

Smith Travel Research released their year-end data which confirmed that El Paso saw $185,771,988 in hotel revenue in 2016, which is a 3.3% yearly increase over 2015’s $179,827,106, which is the highest grossing figure in El Paso’s history.

Meanwhile, El Paso’s hotel occupancy rate was 67.4% and hotel room inventory increased by 1.8%. This is the third highest occupancy rate in seven years for El Paso. The average daily hotel rate increased from $79.48 in 2015 to $80.96 in 2016.

“2016 was a great year! While occupancy is down 0.3% (I would call this holding to the prior year) it is matched with an increase in both supply and demand. When you consider that El Paso hosted the United States Bowling Congress in 2015, to then surpass the prior year in revenue by 3.3% and to hold almost even in occupancy while supply increased is remarkable.” said Bryan Crowe, General Manager for Destination El Paso.

A percentage of all hotel revenue is recouped by the City of El Paso in Hotel Occupancy Taxes to help repay the debt for the ballpark project.