e-Turista: What It Is and What Changes for Czech Hosts

What e-Turista is

e-Turista is a nationwide accommodation registry being developed by the Czech Ministry of Regional Development (Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj). The idea is to replace today’s fragmented reporting — separate processes for UbyPort, House Book records, and local accommodation tax — with a single system. An accommodation provider would enter guest data once, and e-Turista would pass the relevant parts to the Foreign Police, the municipality, and the Czech Statistical Office.

Where the legislation actually stands

This is the part that matters most for planning purposes. The original government amendment from the previous term (Minister Kulhánek, Chamber print 761) passed its second reading but never reached a third reading before the autumn 2025 election, and it lapsed when that Chamber’s term ended. As of 15 October 2026 there are two new bills, and neither has passed the Chamber:

• The MMR government bill. The Ministry for Regional Development (Minister Zuzana Mrázová) sent it into inter-ministerial comments on 14 September 2026, and the comment period closed on 13 October 2026. The cabinet has not approved it and it has not been sent to the Chamber. It would also let municipalities restrict short-term rentals in flats in apartment buildings.
• The opposition MPs’ bill (Chamber print 106). It is based on the lapsed government bill. The cabinet issued a dissenting opinion on it in March 2026. It is on the agenda of the Chamber session that opened on 13 October 2026, but it has not had its first reading yet.

The exact effective date is therefore still unconfirmed. The government bill proposes 1 January 2028, but that is only a date in a bill, not in any law. We track the current status step by step on the eTurista Radar. How this relates to the EU short-term rental regulation (2024/1028), which has applied since 20 May 2026, is explained in a separate guide.

If you’ve seen a specific “go-live” date quoted elsewhere, treat it as provisional until the law is actually adopted and the technical reporting format is published.

What’s expected to change once it’s in force

Under the MMR government bill of September 2026, accommodation providers would:

• Register the property before accommodating the first guest, and register every unit offered through an online platform before the listing goes live.
• Enter basic details for each guest in the registry no later than 24 hours after they are accommodated (among them sex, year of birth, country and municipality of permanent residence, and citizenship).
• For foreign guests, thereby also meet the Foreign Police report and the House Book duty. The municipality (for the accommodation tax) and the Czech Statistical Office would get the data from the registry too, reducing duplicate recordkeeping.

The government bill does not abolish the fee register (evidenční kniha). Details and the differences from the opposition bill are on our e-Turista legislative status page.

The underlying legal obligation to report guests isn’t going away — e-Turista is a change in how that obligation is fulfilled, not a removal of it.

What to do right now

Nothing changes today. Accommodation providers still need to meet their current obligations exactly as they stand: UbyPort reporting for foreign guests within the legal deadline, House Book and Registration Book recordkeeping, and accommodation tax collection and remittance to the municipality. Waiting for e-Turista before getting current compliance in order isn’t a safe bet, since the rollout date isn’t fixed.

How Best Guest is tracking this

We’re following the e-Turista legislative process and will update our reporting integrations as soon as the system’s technical requirements and effective date are finalized. In the meantime, Best Guest automates today’s requirements — UbyPort, House Book, Registration Book, and accommodation tax — so you’re not relying on manual processes that would need to be rebuilt from scratch either way.

Questions about how e-Turista might affect your setup specifically? Reach out at support@bestguest.cz.