We desire to establish an enterprise operating in the field of domestic and foreign travel business. Please let us know the conditions for doing domestic and international travel business, dossiers and procedures for the grant of international travel business license?
Under the Law on Tourism issued by National Assembly on 27 June 2005, conditions for doing domestic and international travel business, dossiers and procedures for the grant of international travel business license are as follows:
1. Conditions for doing domestic and international travel business
a. Conditions for doing domestic travel business
- Having domestic travel business registered at a competent business registry;
- Having business plans for domestic tourist operations, offering tour programs for domestic tourists.
- Operators of domestic travel business must have at lease three years of experience in doing travel operations.
b. Conditions for doing international travel business
- Having an international travel business license granted by the central-level State administrative agency in charge of tourism;
- Having plans for travel business operations; having tour programs prepared for international tourists within the scope of travel business;
- Operators of international travel business must have at least four years of experience in travel operations;
- Employing at least three tourist guides accredited as tourist guides for international tourists;
- Having deposited capital as stipulated by the Government.
2. Dossiers and procedures for the grant of international travel business license
a. Dossiers
A dossier of application for an international travel business license consists of:
- An applications for an international travel business license;
- Copies of the international travel business registration certificate, plans for international travel business operations, papers evidencing the operator’s working experience in travel business, copies of the tourist guide’s cards and labor contracts between the tourist guides and the enterprise, and a certificate of deposited amount.
b. Procedures for the grant of an international travel business
- The enterprise submits the application dossier for an international travel business license to provincial level state agency in the charge of tourism in the place where the enterprise is headquartered;
- Within 20 working days from the date of receipt of proper dossier, the provincial level state agency shall grant international travel business license. In the case of refusal, it shall have to issue a written notice to the enterprise.
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