Réalisation du site internet de l'Office de Tourisme Luberon-Pays d'Apt par Toile de fond, création de site internet à Nantes

Visitors’ tax and ranking of accommodations

In 2011, The Community of Towns in the Apt area established the visitors' tax to create resources with which to support ongoing promotional activities. An Inter-town Tourism Office was created to implement such activities.

The visitors' tax apples to all costs promoting tourism in the Community of Towns. Income from visitors' tax is allocated directly to tourism:

• Publication of communication media for the entire area
• internet www.luberon-apt.fr
• Communication actions
• Discovery resources for the area
• Eductours of the area for tourism professionals
• Events in the area
• etc, ...

Download the "Luberon Pays d'Apt 2011" brochure: Information Partenaires" (Pdf 568 Ko).
Download the discussions at the CCPA Community of Towns Council of 28 October 2010 establishing the community visitors' tax – prices and application conditions starting 1 January 2011 (Pdf 526 Ko).
Set rate: Download the application guide for the 2011 community visitors' tax to the attention of accommodations managers (Pdf 55 Ko) and the annual declaration of the number of accommodations units (Pdf 21 Ko).
Actual: Download the application guide for the 2011 community visitors' tax to the attention of accommodations managers (Pdf 173 Ko) and the monthly declaration of visitors' tax collected (Pdf 102 Ko)

For further information
The Inter-town Tourism Office is on hand to help and guide you in establishing and collecting the visitors' tax.
For all questions on visitors' tax, contact the Inter-Town Tourism Office:
E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Telephone: +33 (0)4 90 74 03 18.

Obligatory statement for B&Bs and furnished lodgings

All persons who offer rentals of one or several furnished lodgings located at the inhabitant's home, or furnished lodgings (home, apartment or studio) to host tourists must declare their activity ahead of time and obtain a receipt from the town.

This rule, imposed by article L324-1-1 of the French Tourism Code comes from article 24 of law n°2009-888 of 22 July 2009 on the development and modernisation of tourism services.

Form for declaring furnished lodgings for tourism purposes (cerfa n°140+33 (0)4*01)
Form for declaring B&B activity (cerfa n°13566*02)
Law n°2009-888 of 22 July 2009, JO of 24 July 2009

Accommodation Ranking

Here you will find useful information for ranking tourism accommodations: https://www.classement.atout-france.fr