What you should know

Tourist infrastructure in the municipality of Gerolstein is getting fit for the future - On 01.01. 2024, the municipality of Gerolstein will introduce a digital registration system and a uniform guest contribution.

The diverse range of tourist attractions on the Upper Kyll, in Gerolstein and Hillesheim Land make the region attractive and worth living in for guests and locals alike. At the same time, tourism provides important sources of income and numerous jobs for the towns and municipalities.

The municipality of Gerolstein has invested in tourism as an economic factor. To co-finance this financial support, the association council has decided to introduce a uniform tourism guest contribution from January 1, 2024.

"As a vacation region, we are in competition with other destinations throughout Germany," says Frank Reuter, Managing Director of Touristik GmbH Gerolsteiner Land. "A tourist guest contribution is already a successful measure in many regions to maintain and expand the tourist offer for visitors and citizens with a manageable contribution per guest. The income from the guest contribution is also used to create and finance new infrastructure projects, such as the Waldkugelbahn, which will benefit visitors and residents alike."

The collection of the guest contribution is linked to a digital registration system: In future, guests will be able to register digitally at their accommodation in the association municipality and businesses will be able to bill the guest contribution digitally. In the registration portal, vacation guests will also find a wealth of information about their vacation destination and the vacation region. In future, overnight guests will also receive a guest bonus card. "The "Gerocard" offers preferential benefits for our guests. They benefit from attractive discounts on many offers," explains Frank Reuter.

The guest contribution was introduced on January 1, 2024: Guests of Gerolsteiner Land now pay a contribution of 0.75 euros per overnight stay in all accommodation. Children up to the age of 6 and business travelers are exempt from this. In the local community of Stadtkyll with the district of Schönfeld, the town of Hillesheim with its districts of Bolsdorf and Niederbettingen and the member businesses of the Vulkaneifel e.V. tourism association, the new guest registration system will be linked and merged with the existing system. This will result in a contribution of €1.50 per overnight stay.

"We understand that the new measures in tourism raise questions for our businesses. It is very important to us to explain the planned measures to our partners in detail and to actively support all accommodation providers with the introduction of the system," says Frank Reuter.

If you have any further questions, please contact the staff at Touristik GmbH by telephone on 06591 13-3050 or by email at meldesystem@gerolsteiner-land.de.