Renting out a holiday home in the canton of Jura: what applies?

Guest registration

Anyone who accommodates guests, including in a holiday flat, enters guest data daily on Jura Tourisme’s online platform (Check-in JU). Without a hospitality licence, name, first name, date of birth, nationality, place of birth, address, and arrival and departure dates are sufficient. The platform is also used to manage the tourist tax and the Jura Pass for guests; data is deleted after two years.

Deadline: Record data daily; validate the previous month’s tourist tax data by the 5th.
How: Jura Tourisme’s Check-in JU online platform.
Legal basis: Art. 14 LTour (RSJU 935.211); Art. 4 OTour (RSJU 935.211.1, version in force since 1 January 2026); Art. 31 LAub (RSJU 935.11), Art. 27 OAub; Art. 16 FNIA

Tourist tax and levies

CHF 3.00 per person per night throughout the canton, including in holiday flats and guest rooms. Exemptions include people under 16 and anyone liable for tax in the municipality. Owners pay nothing for their own use of a second home, but their tenants do. The landlord collects the tax and is liable for it; Jura Tourisme checks monthly and issues an invoice, payable within 30 days. On application, a flat rate based on floor area is available: CHF 10.80 per m² per year, minimum CHF 1'000.

Who collects: Jura Tourisme on behalf of the canton; 20 per cent goes to the municipalities.
Cantonal levy: The tourist tax itself is set at cantonal level (statutory range CHF 1.50–5.00).
Legal basis: Art. 10–17 LTur (RSJU 935.211); Art. 3–7 OTour; Order setting the tourist tax (RSJU 935.211.61)

Examples
Municipality	Rate
Entire canton (e.g. Saignelégier, Porrentruy, Delémont)	CHF 3.00 per person per night, under-16s exempt; flat rate CHF 10.80/m², minimum CHF 1'000 per year. Source

Airbnb does not collect the tourist tax in the canton of Jura: you collect it yourself or pay the flat rate.

Permit and registration

No permit is required as long as you do not offer food or drinks; renting out holiday flats, chalets and rooms is then exempt from the Hospitality Act.

Restrictions

No cantonal limit on the number of nights found.

Second homes

Hardly affected; municipal shares not checked.

Taxes

No cantonal specifics found.

Latest

January 1, 2026 · in force: Revision of the Hospitality Act and Tourism Ordinance: guest data submitted daily via Check-in JU, even without a licence, and deleted after two years Source

Still open: It is unclear whether the police may access Check-in JU data for holiday flats (Art. 31 para. 3 LAub mentions only businesses subject to the Act). Whether Airbnb collects the tax in Jura: the canton is not on Airbnb’s list, and I have not found an agreement. The date the LTur of 22 June 2022 came into force has not been checked (OTour has been in force since 1 January 2023).

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to register my guests in the canton of Jura?

Anyone who accommodates guests, including in a holiday flat, enters guest data daily on Jura Tourisme’s online platform (Check-in JU).

Does Airbnb collect the tourist tax in Jura?