Paying tourist tax
Are you are staying overnight in a hotel, or going by boat to an island off the coast of the Netherlands? These are situations where you may have to pay tourist tax (toeristenbelasting). This tax is included in the price of your hotel room, or in the price of your ticket for the boat ride.
The decision whether or not to charge tourist tax is taken on a municipal level. Municipalities impose this tax on hotel owners, for example. Those owners then include the tax in the price of the hotel rooms.
Tourist tax is a financial contribution towards paying for municipal services because tourists also benefit from them, such as maintenance of roads, parks, squares and beaches.
The amount of tourist tax is different in each municipality. To find out how much tourist tax is payable is in a municipality, please contact that municipality.
This is how it works for you
Here is some information from your municipality.
Municipality of Emmen: Paying tourist tax
Are you spending the night in a hotel or bed & breakfast in a municipality where you do not live? Then you must pay toeristenbelasting (tourist tax). This tax is included in the price of your overnight stay. You therefore pay it automatically.
The municipality in which you are spending the night applies the following rates: € € 1,60 per person per night.
The municipality in which you are spending the night applies the following rates: € € 1,60 per person per night.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Emmen
Visiting address
Raadhuisplein 1
7811AP Emmen
| Monday | 08:30 - 16:30 |
| Tuesday | 08:30 - 16:30 |
| Wednesday | 08:30 - 16:30 |
| Thursday | 08:30 - 19:00 |
| Friday | 08:30 - 16:30 |
| Saturday | 08:30 - 12:00 |
| Sunday | Closed |