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Tourist tax in Asheville (North Carolina)

This is the tax inside Asheville (North Carolina)'s own boundary. Neighbouring towns, including the ones near the airport, set their own; it follows where your accommodation is.

Today: one adult, one night
13% of the room price per night

Across every type of stay. Your exact stay depends on dates, star rating, children and night limits: the calculator works it out.

The next 12 months
  • 13% of the room price per night, all year.
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Quick answers

Do children pay the tourist tax in Asheville?

It is charged per room (or as a share of the room price), not per person, so children don't change it.

How do you pay the tourist tax in Asheville?

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Every rate and rule

North Carolina state sales tax on hotel rooms (4.75%) (North Carolina general state rate of sales tax on accommodation rentals)

Set by North Carolina Department of Revenue · 1 rate
Note: North Carolina's general sales tax as it applies to hotel and short-term rental rooms: not a tourist tax, but added on top of the quoted room rate.

Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).

Type of stayRate
All types of stay4.75%

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Other
  • Other

Source: G.S. 105-164.4(a)(3) (as cited by Buncombe County) and G.S. 105-164.4F (accommodations), checked 5 Nov 2026.

Buncombe County local sales tax on hotel rooms (2.25%) (Buncombe County local sales and use tax (2% + 0.25%))

Set by North Carolina Department of Revenue, for Buncombe County · 1 rate
Note: Buncombe County's local sales tax as it applies to hotel rooms: not a tourist tax, but added on top of the quoted room rate.

Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).

Type of stayRate
All types of stay2.25%

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Other
  • Other

Source: Local sales and use taxes (2% county tax from 10/1/2009, additional 0.25% from 4/1/2012), collected by NCDOR, checked 5 Nov 2026.

Buncombe County occupancy tax (6%) (Buncombe County Room Occupancy Tax)

Set by Buncombe County (Tax Collections) · 1 rate

Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).

Type of stayRate
All types of stay6%

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Other
  • Work

Source: Buncombe County room occupancy and tourism development tax (S.L. 1983-908 as amended; session laws not read), checked 5 Nov 2026.

Checked 5 Nov 2026 · next check due by 3 Feb 2027.