Advantages of the guest card & information on the tourist tax
One contribution - many advantages: as in almost all German spa resorts, the guests have to pay a tourist tax in the Rostock seaside resorts (Warnemünde, Hohe Düne, Markgrafenheide and Diedrichshagen). The tourist tax is an important financial contribution to the maintenance and improvement of the tourist and spa infrastructure. As a thank you for their contribution, guests enjoy numerous benefits with local partners as well as free/discounted use of many services provided by the Rostock & Warnemünde Tourist Board.

Your contribution
The amount of the tourist tax is calculated per day during your stay. The days of arrival and departure count together as one day. You pay the tourist tax directly to your host, who then pays it to the tourist office Rostock & Warnemünde and hands out the guest card.
Seaside resorts: Warnemünde, Diedrichshagen, Markgrafenheide & Hohe Düne
Full-payer: adult €2.25 per day
Reduced: youths/students/disabled persons from 50% €1.50 per day

Reduction of tourist tax apply to
1. Persons who have reached the age of 16, if they are in school or vocational training, if they are in compulsory military or civilian service, or if they are students having not yet reached the age of 27 years.
2. severely disabled persons with a GdB of at least 50%.

Exemption of tourist tax apply to
1. residents of Rostock with their main and secondary residence.
2. grandparents, parents, siblings, children and children's children as well as their family members of persons who have their main residence in the survey area
3. severely disabled persons with a degree of disability (GdB) of at least 80 % with the following marks: B, H, aG or GL and their accompanying person
4. persons who are staying in Rostock in the context of an educational, work or service relationship
5. day visitors without overnight stay as well as persons passing through who arrive after 8 pm and leave before 9 am of the following day
6. participants in conferences, seminars, congresses, courses and sporting competitions
More service and benefits with the tourist tax
With the tourist tax, guests support their own pleasant holiday. The collection of the tourist tax makes a significant contribution to raise the necessary financial resources to constantly increase the quality of the stay and to maintain the services for the guests.
These include in particular
- beach management
- the operation of tourist information centres
- water rescue services
- the redesignation of the therapy path network in the entire seaside resort area
- the development of barrier-free beach access
- the further development of environmental management
- the expansion of the year-round events programme
- free use of the beaches from Diedrichshagen to Graal-Müritz
- numerous discounts and benefits with many local service partners
These advantages and services can be used by the guests of all Rostock seaside resorts (Warnemünde, Hohe Düne, Markgrafenheide and Diedrichshagen). We thank you for your contribution and wish you a pleasant stay!
Contact
Tourismuszentrale Rostock & Warnemünde
Am Strom 59, 18119 Rostock-Warnemünde
Phone: +49 (0)381 54800 29
Fax: +49 (0)381 54800 30
Email: kurabgabe@rostock.de