Tourism Administrative Licensing Measures

Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 In order to regulate tourism administrative licensing activities, protect the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, and ensure and supervise the effective implementation of administrative management by tourism authorities, in accordance with the "Administrative Licensing Law" and Relevant laws and administrative regulations are formulated based on the actual situation of tourism work. Article 2 The term “tourism administrative licensing” as mentioned in these Measures refers to the behavior of the tourism authorities and other administrative agencies with the power of tourism administrative licensing to allow citizens, legal persons or other organizations to engage in specific activities based on their applications and review in accordance with the law. Article 3 The establishment, implementation, supervision and inspection of tourism administrative licenses shall comply with the provisions of the Administrative Licensing Law, the Tourism Law and relevant laws, regulations and these Measures.

These Measures do not apply to the review and approval of personnel, finance, foreign affairs and other matters by other agencies or institutions under their direct management by the tourism authorities. Article 4 Tourism administrative licensing shall be implemented in accordance with legal authority, scope, conditions and procedures, and in accordance with the principles of openness, fairness and impartiality.

The tourism authorities shall announce administrative licensing matters to the public in accordance with relevant national regulations. Relevant administrative licensing shall not be implemented without announcement. The implementation and results of administrative licensing shall be made public unless they involve state secrets, commercial secrets or personal privacy.

Applicants who meet legal conditions and standards have equal rights to obtain tourism administrative licenses in accordance with the law, and the tourism authorities shall not discriminate. Article 5 The implementation of tourism administrative licensing shall follow the principles of convenience and efficiency, be guided by the standardization construction of administrative licensing, and use standardized principles, methods and technologies to improve work efficiency and provide high-quality services.

The National Tourism Administration is responsible for establishing and improving the national online approval platform for tourism administrative licensing, and gradually promotes the online processing and approval of tourism administrative licensing matters. Local tourism authorities at all levels should gradually incorporate their own tourism administrative licensing matters into or connect them to the national online approval platform for unified implementation.

The tourism administrative department that implements administrative licensing should prepare tourism administrative licensing service guidelines, establish and implement a tourism administrative licensing information disclosure system, a one-time notification system, a first inquiry responsibility system, a job replacement system, and a service commitment system. , accountability system and civilized service system and other service systems and norms. Article 6: Tourism administrative regulations, normative documents and other documents shall not establish administrative licenses.

Tourism administrative regulations may make specific provisions on the implementation of administrative licensing within the scope of administrative licensing matters set by superior laws, but no additional administrative licenses shall be added; specific provisions on administrative licensing conditions shall not include any additional provisions that violate the regulations. Other conditions for superior laws. Article 7 Citizens, legal persons or other organizations shall have the right to make statements and pleas when the tourism authorities implement administrative licensing; they shall have the right to apply for administrative reconsideration or initiate administrative litigation in accordance with the law; if their legitimate rights and interests are damaged due to the illegal implementation of administrative licensing by the tourism authorities, Have the right to demand compensation according to law. Article 8 A tourism administrative licensing decision shall have legal effect if it is made in accordance with the law and shall not be changed without going through legal procedures.

If the laws, regulations, and rules on which tourism administrative licensing is based are modified or abolished, or the objective circumstances on which administrative licensing is granted undergo major changes, for the sake of public interests, the tourism administrative department may, in accordance with the law, Change or withdraw an already effective administrative license. If this causes property losses to citizens, legal persons or other organizations, compensation shall be provided in accordance with the law. Chapter 2 Implementing Agencies Article 9 Tourism administrative licensing shall be implemented by the tourism administrative department or other administrative agencies with tourism administrative licensing power within the scope of their statutory powers.

The internal agencies and dispatched agencies of the tourism authorities shall not implement administrative licensing in their own names. Article 10 The tourism administrative department may entrust the lower-level tourism administrative department with authority to implement administrative licensing within the scope of its legal powers, and shall announce the entrusted tourism administrative department and the tourism administrative licensing matters entrusted to be implemented.

The entrusted tourism authority shall bear legal responsibility for the consequences of the entrusted behavior in accordance with the law.

The entrusted tourism authority shall implement administrative licensing in the name of the entrusted tourism authority within the scope of entrustment and shall not be sub-entrusted. Article 11 The tourism administrative department shall determine the internal agency specifically responsible for handling tourism administrative licensing (hereinafter referred to as the agency). The main responsibilities of the organizing agency include:

(1) Accept and review applications for tourism administrative licenses, and make licensing decision recommendations to the tourism authorities;

(2) Organize tourism administrative licensing hearings work;

(3) Delivery of tourism administrative licensing decisions and certificates;

(4) Information statistics and information disclosure of tourism administrative licensing;

( 5) Management of tourism administrative licensing files;

(6) Providing tourism administrative licensing business consulting services;

(7) Conducting legal inspections on the activities of licensees engaged in tourism administrative licensing matters Supervision and inspection.

If the undertaking organization needs the assistance of other business agencies, the relevant business agencies should actively cooperate. Chapter 3 Application and Acceptance Article 12 Those who engage in activities that require a tourism administrative license according to law shall submit an application to the administrative agency. If the application requires a formatted text, the tourism authority shall provide the formatted text of the application and examples of common errors free of charge. The format text of the application form shall not contain content that is not directly related to the matters applying for administrative licensing.

If an applicant entrusts an agent to submit an application for administrative licensing in accordance with the law, he or she shall submit the identity documents and power of attorney of the applicant and the agent. The power of attorney shall specify the matters authorized and the scope of authorization.