Switzerland Tourist Tax Calculator

CHF 4.25 per person per night — and Geneva is the city in this list most likely to catch a family out, because it charges CHILDREN. The canton states the tax is owed by guests whether they are of age or minors, so four people in a room means four charges. Most of Europe does the opposite: Prague exempts under-18s, Lisbon under-13s, Ljubljana under-7s. There is no star-rating ladder either, just one rate for every class of hotel, with campsites at CHF 2.50. Two things to watch. The amount is fixed by regulation inside a band the tourism law sets at CHF 3.50 to 5, so it can move without any change to the law — it was CHF 3.75 as recently as May 2025, which means any figure below CHF 4 is out of date. And you owe it only if your tax domicile is outside Geneva. The exemption worth knowing is for guests whose accommodation is paid for as a social or assistance benefit; separately, owners and long-term tenants of second homes, holiday lets or campsite pitches pay a CHF 60 annual flat rate instead of the nightly charge.

Read at source: République et canton de Genève — Règlement d'application de la loi sur le tourisme (RTour, I 1 60.01) art. 10 al. 1, 'tarif unique 4,25 fr.' with campsites at 2,50 fr., consolidated text current to 27 February 2026 (silgeneve.ch); amount and the liability of minors ('majeurs ou mineurs') confirmed on the canton's taxes touristiques page, updated 4 May 2026 (ge.ch/taxes-touristiques/taxe-sejour), under the loi sur le tourisme (LTour) which sets the permitted band at 3.50-5 fr. Note the ge.ch page cites RTour art. 16 for the amounts while the consolidated text places them at art. 10. · checked 2026-10-09