Tourist tax rate Tromsø

Tromsø sits well above the Arctic Circle and is Norway's main base for northern lights tours, whale watching and the midnight sun. It is also a growing cruise port, with a winter season under real pressure.

Is Tromsø introducing a tourist tax?

Yes, but not yet. Tromsø's council adopted a plan for an accommodation levy on 24 June 2026 and sent it to the Ministry of Trade, Fisheries and Food on 1 July 2026. The ministry has to approve that plan before the council can adopt and publish a local regulation setting the start date. Tromsø is working towards 1 January 2027, so treat that as a target and not a confirmed date.

The rate is set nationally at 3% of the accommodation price excluding VAT, so Tromsø decided on the levy and not on the rate. It applies to paid overnight stays, including short term rentals booked through platforms. According to the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, the membership organisation for every Norwegian municipality and county, Tromsø is the first municipality in the country to take this decision.

Cruise passengers fall under a separate national levy that is still a proposal. This page is updated as soon as the status changes.

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.

Explore Trippz for Platforms

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.