What are the regulatory points of travel agency regulations?

Because the threshold for starting a travel agency is relatively low, it is easy for travel agencies to change their itinerary or deceive tourists into shopping. In order to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of tourists, China has promulgated the Travel Agency Regulations. According to the Travel Agency Regulations, travel agencies can be fined up to 500,000 yuan if they change their itinerary without authorization. Foreign businessmen can set up foreign-funded travel agencies and domestic travel agencies can carry out inbound tourism business, and the quality guarantee can be halved for three consecutive years. Let's take a look at the setting principles of the Travel Agency Ordinance in Bian Xiao. What are the regulatory points of travel agency regulations?

1, the travel agency changes the itinerary without authorization, and the maximum penalty is 500,000.

In view of the problems existing in the operation of travel agencies at present, the Travel Agency Regulations strictly regulate the operation behavior of travel agencies. First of all, travel agencies are prohibited from quoting below cost. Secondly, without the consent of the tourists, no other paid services other than the travel contract shall be provided, otherwise a fine of 6,543,800 yuan and 50,000 yuan shall be imposed. In addition, the Travel Agency Regulations also stipulate that units that operate illegally or beyond the scope shall be fined between 654.38 million yuan and 500,000 yuan; Travel agencies that change the itinerary agreed in the contract due to force majeure shall be fined between 654.38 million yuan and 500,000 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, the business license, tour guide card or tour guide card of the travel agency shall be revoked.

2. Foreign investors can set up foreign-funded travel agencies.

According to China's commitment to join the WTO, the Travel Agency Regulations abolished the special requirements on the minimum registered capital and investor conditions of foreign-invested travel agencies, and the restrictions that foreign-invested travel agencies were not allowed to set up branches. It also stipulates that in addition to Sino-foreign joint ventures and Sino-foreign cooperative travel agencies, foreign investors can set up foreign-funded travel agencies.

3. Domestic travel agencies can carry out inbound tourism business.

In recent years, the number of inbound tourists in China has increased greatly, and the number of existing international travel agencies is difficult to meet the demand of the tourism market. Therefore, the Travel Agency Regulations unify the access conditions and procedures for domestic and inbound tourism services, and stipulate that domestic and inbound tourism services can only be operated after obtaining the travel agency business license. At the same time, the minimum registered capital required for operating inbound tourism business has been reduced from 654.38 yuan +0.5 million yuan to 300,000 yuan, greatly reducing the entry threshold of inbound tourism market.

4. If you have not been punished for three consecutive years, the quality deposit can be halved.

The quality guarantee system has played an active role in urging travel agencies to perform travel contracts according to law and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of tourists, but there are also problems such as occupying travel agency funds and increasing operating costs. To this end, the Travel Agency Regulations stipulate that after paying the quality deposit, if the travel agency has not been punished by the administrative organ for infringing the legitimate rights and interests of tourists for three consecutive years, the regulatory authorities shall reduce the quality deposit of the travel agency by 50%. After the tourism administrative department uses the quality deposit to compensate tourists for their losses or reduces the quality deposit according to law, if the travel agency is fined by the administrative organ for infringing the legitimate rights and interests of tourists, it shall make up the quality deposit.

Principles of formulating travel agency articles of association

1. These Regulations are formulated in order to strengthen the management of travel agencies, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of tourists and travel agencies, maintain the order of the tourism market and promote the healthy development of tourism.

2. These Regulations shall apply to the establishment and business activities of travel agencies in People's Republic of China (PRC). The term "travel agency" as mentioned in these Regulations refers to an enterprise as a legal person engaged in soliciting, organizing and receiving tourists, providing relevant tourism services for tourists, and carrying out domestic tourism business, inbound tourism business or outbound tourism business.

3, the State Council tourism administration department is responsible for the supervision and management of the national travel agency. The tourism administrative departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of travel agencies within their respective administrative areas in accordance with their duties.

The relevant departments of industry and commerce, price, commerce and foreign exchange of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with the division of responsibilities, supervise and manage travel agencies according to law.

4. Travel agencies should follow the principles of voluntariness, equality, fairness and good faith in their business activities, improve service quality and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of tourists.

5. Travel agency industry organizations shall provide services for travel agencies in accordance with the articles of association, play the role of coordination and self-discipline, and guide travel agencies to operate legally, fairly and honestly.