Tourism tax rates in Germany
Last updated 26 February 2021 | Rates reviewed for all destinations listed. No change to rates but Leipzig suspended until further notice.
Kurtaxe
The tourist tax (kurtaxe) is decided by local governments (municipalities) and is usually known as the accommodation tax (übernachtungsteuer), lodging tax (beherbergungsabgabe) or culture tax (kulturförderabgabe).
Below are selected destinations and further information can be found by clicking on the name of the destination.
N.B. Munich does not levy a tourist tax
| Hotel Rates (no maximum nights unless stated) |
Net Cost of Room (excluding 7% VAT and breakfast) |
Gross Cost of Room (including 7% VAT, excluding breakfast) |
€ per person, per night | Some Exemptions |
| Baden Baden (Shortone 1)* (Shortone 2)* |
– | – | 3.80 1.70 |
Business travellers, Children under 18, Youth Hostels |
| Berlin (max 21 nights) |
5% | – | – | Business travellers |
| Bonn (max 21 nights) |
– | 5% | – | Business travellers, School trips |
| Bremen (max 7 nights) |
5% | – | – | Business travellers, Children under 18 |
| Cologne | – | 5% | – | Business travellers, School trips |
| Dortmund | – | 7.5% | – | Business travellers |
| Dresden | – | 6% | – | Business travellers, Children under 18, Disabled persons |
| Frankfurt | – | – | 2.00 | Business travellers |
| Leipzig (Suspended until further notice) | – | – | 3.00 or (1.00**) | Children under 18, Students/Apprentices aged 18-25, Disabled persons |
* Baden Baden
Shortone 1 – Area between Sinzheimer Straße / Ooser Hauptstrasse and Klosterplatz (Lichtental) / Schafbergstraße, and all secondary roads except the district Balg
Shortone 2 – Remaining urban areas
** Leipzig – €1 per person per night if cost of stay per night is not more than €30 including VAT
| € per person, per night |
Net Cost of Stay (excluding 7% VAT and breakfast) |
Some Exemptions | ||||||
| €0 – €10 |
€10.01 – €25 |
€25.01 -€50 | €50.01 -€100 | €100.01 -€150 | €150.01 -€200 | Above €200 | ||
| Hamburg | 0 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | Increase by €1 for every further €50 | Business travellers, School trips |
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