City tax and tourist tax 2026: rates for 19 cities

A tourist tax (also called city tax, accommodation tax, occupancy tax or, in Greece, the climate crisis resilience fee) is a charge that a city, region or state levies on paid overnight stays. It is set by law, collected by the hotel or the booking platform on the authority's behalf, and it is either a fixed amount per person or per room per night, or a percentage of the room price.

The rules differ from one city to the next, and they change often. Paris raised its rates on 1 January 2026, Barcelona on 1 April 2026, Turkey halved its accommodation tax from 1 May 2026, and Denmark and England are both debating a tax that does not yet exist. This guide sets out, for each of the 19 destinations BookHonest sells, what applies today, what it costs, who is exempt and where it is paid. Every figure comes from a municipal, regional or national tax page, or from a named secondary source where the official page could not be fetched; where a figure could not be confirmed, it says "not verified". The whole table is also published as an open dataset at the end of the page.

What is tourist tax?

It is a local tax on sleeping somewhere for money. The legal names vary: taxe de séjour in France, Übernachtungsteuer in Berlin, toeristenbelasting in Amsterdam, contributo di soggiorno in Rome, taxa municipal turística in the Algarve, konaklama vergisi in Turkey. The money goes to the city's budget or to a ring-fenced fund: the Balearic Islands pay theirs into a sustainable tourism fund, and Greece's fee is earmarked for natural disaster recovery.

There are three ways of calculating it:

• Per person per night, usually banded by the hotel's star category. Paris, Barcelona, Palma, Rome, Bari, Faro and Albufeira work like this. Two adults for four nights in a four-star hotel in Rome pay 2 × 4 × 7.50 = 60.00 EUR.
• Per room per night, again banded by category and often by season. Greece's climate crisis resilience fee is the clear example: 10.00 EUR per room per night in a four-star hotel from April to October, 3.00 EUR from November to March, however many people are in the room.
• A percentage of the room price. Amsterdam charges 12.5% of the overnight price before VAT, Berlin 7.5% of the net accommodation price, Turkey 1% (temporarily, normally 2%) of the price before VAT.

Is it included in the hotel price?

Sometimes, and it depends on the city and on the hotel's own practice. Percentage taxes such as Amsterdam's and Berlin's are normally part of the price the hotel quotes and are settled with the booking. Per-person and per-room taxes are more often collected at the property, at check-in or check-out, in cash or by card. Faro's municipality says outright that the tax is charged "at check-in or check-out". Greece requires the accommodation to issue a separate receipt for the fee before you leave. Paris says the host or the booking platform collects it, which in practice means either.

The tax is always due, so the only question is whether it is inside the amount you have already paid or on top of it. A site that shows a price "including taxes and fees" should mean exactly that for everything it charges you; anything the hotel collects itself should be stated separately before you book. The dataset column "paid_at" below records what each authority says.

Who is exempt?

Children, most often. The age limit is set city by city and it is not the same anywhere: under 10 in Rome, under 13 in Albufeira, under 14 in Bari, under 16 in Faro and the Balearics, 16 or under in Barcelona, and all minors in Paris. Greece has no age exemption because the fee is charged per room, not per person. Amsterdam and Berlin do not state one; Amsterdam exempts guests who are registered residents of the city instead, and Berlin stopped exempting business travellers on 1 April 2024.

Other common exemptions are people receiving medical treatment and one companion, disabled guests, seasonal workers and local students. Some cities also cap the nights taxed: 7 in Barcelona, Faro and Albufeira, 10 in Rome, 4 in Bari, and the Balearics halve the tax from the ninth night.

Tourist tax in Copenhagen: current status

There is no tourist tax in Copenhagen today, nor anywhere else in Denmark. On 15 September 2026 The Local, The Copenhagen Post and TV2 Østjylland reported, from a memo obtained by Børsen, that the government intends to propose a charge of 20 DKK per overnight stay in Copenhagen and Aarhus, together with a levy on cruise ships, to help pay for income and corporate tax cuts. The minority government needs support from other parties; the Liberal Party has already said no. No bill has been published, no start date exists, and the reports do not say whether the 20 DKK would be per person or per room. This is a proposal, not a tax in force. No ministry document with the figure could be found, so the dataset row rests on the press reports and says so.

The 19 cities, one by one

Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark

No tax. Proposal of 20 DKK per overnight stay reported on 15 September 2026, not in force, basis and exemptions not verified. Source: The Local Denmark and The Copenhagen Post.

Odense and Aalborg, Denmark

No tax, and neither city is named in the 15 September 2026 proposal. Source: The Copenhagen Post.

Paris, France

Taxe de séjour, per person per night, rates from 1 January 2026: 2.60 EUR in a one-star hotel, 3.25 EUR two stars, 5.53 EUR three stars, 8.45 EUR four stars, 11.70 EUR five stars, 15.93 EUR in a palace. Each figure is the city's own rate plus three add-ons: 10% for the département, 15% for the Société du Grand Paris and 200% for Île-de-France Mobilités, which is why a four-star night is 2.60 + 0.26 + 0.39 + 5.20. Unclassified accommodation pays 5% of the per-person night price before VAT plus the add-ons, capped at 15.93 EUR. Minors, seasonal workers and people in emergency housing are exempt; there is no cap on nights. Collected by the host or the platform. Source: Ville de Paris tariff sheet 2026.

Barcelona, Spain

Two layers, both per person per night, both raised in 2026. The Catalan regional tax (IEET) for Barcelona city from 1 April 2026 is 7.00 EUR in a five-star hotel, 3.40 EUR in a four-star, 4.50 EUR in a tourist-use flat, 1.00 EUR in a youth hostel and 2.00 EUR in any other hotel or establishment. The city's own surcharge adds 5.00 EUR to every category until 31 March 2027, then 6.00 EUR, then 7.00 EUR to March 2029, with a legal ceiling of 8.00 EUR. So a five-star night in 2026 carries 12.00 EUR, a four-star 8.40 EUR and a three-star 7.00 EUR. Guests aged 16 or under are exempt and only the first seven nights are taxed. Source: consolidated text of Law 5/2017 as amended by Law 2/2026, Generalitat de Catalunya, and Barcelona's fiscal ordinance 2.2.

Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Impost del turisme sostenible, per person per night, by category and season. High season, 1 May to 31 October: 4.00 EUR in a five-star hotel, 3.00 EUR in a four-star or three-star superior, 2.00 EUR in one to three stars, 1.00 EUR in a hostel. Low season, 1 November to 30 April: 1.00, 0.75, 0.50 and 0.25 EUR. Ten per cent VAT is added to the tax. Under-16s are exempt and the tax halves from the ninth night in the same establishment. Source: Govern de les Illes Balears, Illes Sostenibles calculator.

Málaga, Spain

No tax. Andalusia has no regional tourist tax and Spanish law gives the city no power to create one on its own; the mayor asked the national government again on 16 September 2026. Source: El Español (secondary; no official page states the absence of a tax).

London, United Kingdom

No tax. The UK government consulted from 26 November 2025 to 18 February 2026 on giving English mayors, including the Mayor of London, the power to charge an overnight visitor levy as a percentage of the accommodation cost, and published its response on 10 September 2026. No rate and no start date are set. Source: GOV.UK.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Toeristenbelasting: 12.5% of the overnight price excluding VAT, for hotels, hostels, apartments, B&Bs and campsites alike. Guests registered as residents of Amsterdam are exempt; no age exemption is stated, so children pay. Day visitors arriving by cruise ship pay 15 EUR per person. Source: City of Amsterdam.

Berlin, Germany

Übernachtungsteuer, known as City Tax: 7.5% of the net accommodation price, excluding VAT and extras such as breakfast, since 1 January 2025. Business trips have been taxed since 1 April 2024; no other exemption is stated. From 1 January 2026 hosts report quarterly and electronically, which changes nothing for the guest. Source: Berlin Senate Department of Finance.

Rome, Italy

Contributo di soggiorno, per person per night: 4.00 EUR in a one-star hotel, 5.00 EUR two stars, 6.00 EUR three stars, 7.50 EUR four stars, 10.00 EUR five stars; B&Bs and holiday flats 5.00 to 7.00 EUR by category, hostels 3.50 EUR. At most 10 consecutive nights in the same establishment. Children are exempt until their tenth birthday, as are disabled guests and patients with carers. In force since 1 October 2023. Source: Roma Capitale.

Bari, Italy

Imposta di soggiorno, per person per night: 4.00 EUR five stars, 3.00 EUR four stars, 2.00 EUR three stars, 1.50 EUR one and two stars, 2.00 EUR in B&Bs, holiday homes and hostels. Only the first four consecutive nights are taxed. The municipality's 2023 release exempts children under 14, residents, local university students, disabled guests and hospital patients with carers; a 2026 trade source gives under 12, which we could not confirm. In force since 1 October 2023. Source: Comune di Bari.

Chania and Heraklion, Crete, Greece

The climate crisis resilience fee is national and per room per night, not per person. April to October: 2.00 EUR in a one- or two-star hotel, 5.00 EUR three stars, 10.00 EUR four stars, 15.00 EUR five stars; rooms to let 2.00 EUR; short-term rentals 8.00 EUR; villas 15.00 EUR. November to March: 0.50, 1.50, 3.00 and 4.00 EUR for the hotel bands, 2.00 EUR rentals, 4.00 EUR villas. Set by Law 5162/2024, article 24, from 1 January 2025. The hotel charges it before departure on a separate receipt; no age exemption, no cap on nights. The tax authority's page returned an error when we fetched it, so the table comes from the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels and the e-nomothesia legal news service.

Antalya, Turkey

Konaklama vergisi, a national accommodation tax on the price before VAT, including meals and services bundled with the room. The standard rate is 2%; Presidential Decision 11263 of 30 April 2026 cut it to 1% from 1 May to 31 December 2026 inclusive. The hotel is liable and shows it on the invoice. Exemptions not verified. Source: Turkish Revenue Administration (GİB).

Faro, Portugal

Taxa municipal turística, per person per night: 2.00 EUR from 1 March to 31 October, 1.00 EUR from 1 November to the end of February, for at most seven consecutive nights. Under-16s are exempt, as are disabled guests with one companion, University of Algarve students, medical stays with one companion and residents of Faro. Charged at check-in or check-out, not subject to VAT. In force since 1 November 2024 under Regulation 1207/2024. Source: Município de Faro FAQ.

Albufeira, Portugal

Taxa municipal turística: 2.00 EUR per person per night for stays from April to October inclusive, nothing from November to March, for at most seven consecutive nights, from age 13. In force since 21 May 2024 under Regulation 488/2024; the municipality's note of 25 March 2026 confirms the terms and says the regulation is being revised, so the amount may change. Source: Município de Albufeira and Diário da República.

Lagos, Portugal

No tax. The municipality announced in January 2019 that it would draft a regulation, and nothing has been published since. Figures of 2.00 and 1.00 EUR that circulate for "Lagos" belong to the neighbouring municipality of Lagoa. Source: Câmara Municipal de Lagos, with the ALerta guide (July 2026) and Postal do Algarve (August 2026) as secondary confirmation.

All 19 cities at a glance

How to read it on a booking site

Three lines matter. The first is the headline price and whether it says "including taxes and fees": if it does, every tax the site charges you is inside that number, and the receipt should show the same total. The second is any note about charges "payable at the property" or "not included": that is where per-person and per-room taxes usually appear, and the amount should be stated, not hinted at. The third is the basis: a per-person tax multiplies by the number of guests, a per-room tax does not, and a percentage tax rises with the room price. If two sites show different prices for the same room and dates, check whether they treat the tax the same way before concluding that one is cheaper.

Two things no site can promise. The tax is the one in force on the night of the stay, so a rate that rises before arrival is normally charged at the new rate; Barcelona is the exception and applies the rate in force when a prepaid booking was made. And exemptions are checked at the desk, with a document on arrival, not at booking.

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The table above is published as an open dataset with one row per city and fifteen columns, from local tax name and amount to exemptions, where paid, source URL and the date the source was fetched.

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In short

• Tourist tax is a local charge on paid overnight stays, either per person, per room or as a percentage of the room price.
• In force in 2026: Paris, Barcelona, Palma, Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Bari, Chania, Heraklion, Antalya, Faro and Albufeira.
• No tax: Odense, Aalborg, Málaga and Lagos. Proposed but not in force: Copenhagen and Aarhus (20 DKK per night reported) and London (a percentage levy, rate unset).
• Highest rates: Paris palaces 15.93 EUR per person, Greece five-star 15.00 EUR per room in summer, Barcelona five-star 12.00 EUR per person, Amsterdam 12.5% of the price before VAT.
• Children are exempt in most per-person cities, but the age limit ranges from 10 to 16; Greece has no age exemption because it charges per room.
• Percentage taxes are normally in the booking price; per-person and per-room taxes are often paid at the hotel. Read the "payable at the property" line before you book.