How to apply for a travel agency business license?

Travel agency business license is handled as follows:

1, screen name review and registration approval;

2. Prepare the actual site certificate and lease contract (the site requires more than 50 square meters, and it is office or industrial land, facilities, equipment, fire protection, sanitation, etc. Must meet the requirements of the Tourism Bureau);

3. The original and duplicate of the business license of the application company; Company names are generally: Shanghai * * Tourism Management Co., Ltd. and Shanghai * * Travel Agency Co., Ltd.;

4. The applicant submits the application materials to the National Tourism Administration, and the travel agency management office decides whether to accept it after examination and approval, pending review;

5. After the approval of the Tourism Bureau, the Travel Agency Business License will be issued.

Materials required for handling travel agency business license:

1. Application for establishment;

2. Feasibility study report on the establishment of travel agencies;

3. Articles of association of the travel agency;

4. Resumes and qualification certificates of travel agency managers and deputy managers as stipulated in Item (3) of Article 6 of these Regulations;

5. All capital credit certificates issued by the bank where the account is opened, and capital verification reports issued by certified public accountants and their accounting firms or audit firms;

6. Proof of business place;

7. Proof of operating the equipment.

To sum up, those who apply for the establishment of travel agencies to engage in domestic tourism business and inbound tourism business shall apply to the tourism administrative departments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government or the tourism administrative departments of cities with districts entrusted by them, and submit relevant supporting documents that meet the three basic requirements.

Legal basis:

Article 12 of the Regulations on the Administration of Travel Agencies

If a travel agency changes its name, business premises, legal representative and other registered items or terminates its operation, it shall go through the corresponding change registration or cancellation registration with the administrative department for industry and commerce, and file with the original licensed tourism administrative department within 10 working days from the date of registration completion, and renew or return the travel agency business license.