Tourist tax rate Bodø

Bodø sits on the Nordland coast and is the transport hub for northern Norway, which makes it the arrival point for most travel onward to Lofoten. Saltstraumen and Kjerringøy draw the heaviest visitor traffic, and the municipality says both are no longer equipped for the numbers arriving.

Is Bodø introducing a tourist tax?

Yes, and it is further than most. Bodø put a draft local regulation and a spending plan out for public consultation on 3 July 2026, with a deadline of 26 August 2026. The municipality intends the regulation to take effect on 1 January 2027. If it is adopted, collection starts on 1 April 2027.

The rate is the national 3% of the accommodation price, and Bodø proposes to apply it across the whole municipality. It would run seasonally, from 1 April to 30 September each year, which the national law allows. The levy covers paid overnight stays, including short term rentals booked through platforms.

Bodø also proposes a besøksbidragsutvalg, a committee where the tourism industry holds the majority and issues an annual recommendation on how the revenue is spent. Money from the levy is restricted to measures that benefit visitors, residents and the tourism sector.

Nothing can be charged until the council adopts and publishes the regulation and the ministry approves the spending plan. This page is updated as soon as that happens.

Trippz: the authority on tourist tax

Tourist tax is set locally and rates change without warning. Trippz tracks every change and keeps the data current, which is why travel platforms and property software, including Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia, rely on Trippz to calculate tourist tax and register guests in every market they serve.

How Trippz stays current

Trippz checks tax rules jurisdiction by jurisdiction against official municipal and national sources. When a rate or rule changes, the update happens automatically rather than on a periodic review cycle. This is the same monitoring that travel platforms and software vendors depend on to stay accurate everywhere they operate.

One tax engine, every market

Send a location, get the applicable rate, instantly and correctly calculated. Travel platforms and property software embed this calculation directly into their own product, so every booking is taxed correctly without building or maintaining a rate engine in house. It is the same logic behind every rate on this page.

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Frequently asked questions about the use of Trippz

• How can platforms and software vendors use Trippz?

  Trippz provides tourist tax content and a ready made calculation engine through one API. Platforms and software vendors add accurate tax calculation to their product without maintaining a rate database in house. Guest registration and authority connections are available as a separate capability for those who need it.

• How does Trippz keep tourist tax rates current?

  Trippz checks the jurisdictions it covers against official sources and updates rates automatically when a city or country changes them.

  
  

• Which countries and cities does Trippz cover?

  Trippz maintains tourist tax data across a wide range of countries and cities. See the full overview in our tourist tax guides.

• Is Trippz's data and infrastructure secure?

  Yes. Trippz is SOC1 Type 2 and SOC2 Type 2 certified and GDPR compliant, so platforms and software vendors can embed tourist tax calculation without adding security or compliance risk of their own.

• Who uses Trippz for tourist tax?

  Trippz provides tourist tax data and calculation to travel platforms and property software across Europe, including Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia. The same infrastructure that powers stays booked through the biggest platforms in travel is available to any platform or software vendor through the API.