Biel’s municipal tourist tax is CHF 4 per person per overnight stay in hotels, pensions and other parahotel accommodation. The increase from CHF 2 to CHF 4 took effect on 1 October 2025. The verified municipal decision does not publish additional adult/child tiers. This is separate from the canton’s CHF 1 lodging tax, which is collected independently.
No Biel-specific municipal exemptions were stated in the verified municipal rate decision. Separately, the Canton of Bern’s lodging-tax rules exclude, among others, children under 16, weekly/short-term residents, stationed military or civil-protection personnel, people staying for training at local educational institutions, owners/long-term tenants and their household relatives, guests staying in their host’s home, and patients/residents of hospitals, care and nursing institutions. These are cantonal lodging-tax rules and should not be treated as a complete statement of Biel’s municipal Kurtaxe exemptions.
The verified municipal decision does not state a separate short-term-rental rule. Under the Canton of Bern’s separate lodging-tax regime, paid accommodation for up to three months—including holiday homes and private rooms—is within the lodging-tax framework; the cantonal tax is collected independently of municipal tourist taxes.