What is the definition of a travel agency?

A travel agency refers to an enterprise established in accordance with the law and having legal personality, engaged in soliciting and receiving tourists, organizing tourism activities, and implementing independent accounting.

The following conditions must be met to establish a travel agency:

1. Have a prescribed business location;

2. Have necessary business facilities;

3. Have trained operators who hold qualification certificates issued by the tourism administrative departments of the people's governments at or above the provincial, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government;

4. Have registered capital and quality deposits that comply with regulations.

Requirements for establishing an international travel agency:

1. There should be sufficient business premises and office equipment such as fax machines, direct telephones, and computers;

2. A general manager or deputy general manager holding a travel agency manager qualification certificate issued by the National Tourism Administration, one department manager or business director, three full-time accounting personnel with professional titles such as accountants or above;

3. The registered capital is not Less than 1.5 million yuan;

4. Those who operate inbound tourism business need to pay a quality guarantee deposit of 600,000 yuan; 5. Those who operate outbound tourism business need to pay 1 million yuan Yuan quality deposit.