In addition to the gross receipts tax levied by the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act of 1941, § 26-52-101 et seq., and the compensating use tax levied by the Arkansas Compensating Tax Act of 1949, § 26-53-101 et seq., there is levied a tourism tax at the rate of two percent (2%) on the gross proceeds or gross receipts derived from the following:
(1) The service of furnishing a: Condominium, townhouse, or rental house to a transient guest; and
(2) Guest room, suite, or other accommodation by a hotel, motel, lodging house, tourist camp, tourist court, property management company, an accommodations intermediary, or any other provider of an accommodation to a transient guest.
(3) As used in this subdivision (1): “Accommodations intermediary” means a person other than the owner, operator, or manager of a room, suite, condominium, townhouse, rental house, or other accommodation;
(4) “Furnishing” means brokering, coordinating, making available for, or otherwise arranging for the sale or use of a room, suite, condominium, townhouse, rental house, or other accommodation by a purchaser; and
(5) “Transient guest” means a person that rents an accommodation, other than the person's regular place of abode, on less than a month-to-month basis;
(6) A camping fee at a public or privately owned campground, except at a federal campground;
(7) The following items offered for rent by a boat dock, marina, canoe or raft rental business, or other business engaged in the rental of watercraft: Watercraft;
(8) Boat motor and related boat motor equipment;
(9) Life jacket or cushion;
(10) Water skis; or
(11) Oar or paddle; and
(12) The admission price to a tourist attraction.