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

Your (future) place of residence falls under:

Municipality of Stichtse Vecht

Here is some information from your municipality.

Municipality of Stichtse Vecht: 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.

Tourist tax (€1.65 per overnight stay in 2020) and water tourism tax (€1.65 per overnight stay in 2020) are levied in the municipality of Stichtse Vecht.

There are special rates for fixed standing and mooring sites and seasonal sites, among others.
Read more about the special rates in the 2020 tourist tax ordinance, found in the local legislation: Ordinance on the levy and collection of tourist tax (In Dutch).