Milan doubles the tourist tax for the 2026 Winter Olympics
In 2026 it will go up to ten euro in 5-star hotels, 9.5 euro for holiday homes and bed and breakfasts
by Giuseppe Latour and Sara Monaci
With the Winter Olympics, the tourist tax in Milan will double: it will be up to 10 euros. The measure, approved today by the city council, will only be valid for 2026, the year of the Milan-Cortina Games.
But it is not only the Lombard capital that will benefit, because 50% of the increase will have to be returned to the state coffers (with times and methods to be decided). The possibility was granted by October's Anticipation Decree, and Palazzo Marino has decided to take advantage of it.
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The provision stipulates that in 2026, the municipalities in Lombardy and Veneto, whose territory is no more than thirty kilometres away from the venues, 'may increase the amount of the tourist tax, up to EUR 5 per night of stay', as already provided for other Italian cities.
From 1 January 2026, therefore, the tax applied per night to every tourist staying in Milan will be in detail: 10 euro in four- or five-star hotels; 7.4 euro in three-star hotels; 5 euro in two-star hotels; 4 euro in one-star hotels; 9.5 euro in holiday homes and short-stay and bed & breakfasts; 7 euro in holiday homes; 3 euro in youth hostels and open-air accommodation businesses.
The law establishes that the revenue is to be used to finance tourism-related interventions, including those in support of accommodation facilities, and interventions for the maintenance, enjoyment, and recovery of local cultural and environmental assets and related local public services. The operators' assessments are negative, even though, it should be remembered, a boom in bookings is already expected for the Olympics, with price increases of up to 160%, while hotel and short-term rental prices have more than doubled.
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