The July 2010 Occupancy Tax and Food & Beverage Tax were record setting on the Outer Banks. 

Rental receipts during July 2008 and 2009 dropped from the earlier all time high of $97 million set in July 2007 , but July 2010 occupancy revenues topped out with gross rental receipts just exceeding $101 million, surpassing the previous July 2007 high.