Tourist tax rate Longyearbyen (Svalbard)

Longyearbyen sits on the island of Spitsbergen and is the main settlement of Svalbard, the archipelago it belongs to. Almost all travel in the region starts here, from expedition cruises to glacier and wildlife trips, and tourism has become the largest industry in a town that was never built for the number of people now visiting it.

Is Longyearbyen introducing a tourist tax?

Not yet, and nothing is settled. Svalbard has its own legal regime, so the accommodation levy that applies on the Norwegian mainland does not apply here. The Ministry of Justice and Public Security has proposed a separate regulation for Longyearbyen, which would use fixed amounts rather than a percentage and would cover commercial accommodation and private letting alike, within the Longyearbyen land use plan area.

The consultation closed on 3 June 2026 and the ministry is still working through the responses, including critical ones from the cruise sector. Everything in the proposal, the amounts included, can still change before the regulation is adopted. As it stands, the ministry proposed 60 NOK per overnight stay and 180 NOK per cruise passenger on first disembarkation or embarkation, with a surcharge of 3% on the accommodation price written into the draft as a second alternative for overnight stays.

Revenue would go to Longyearbyen lokalstyre, for maintenance, investment and services that tourism relies on. There is no start date. This page is updated once the regulation is adopted.

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.