What is the difference between branch of a travel agency and service outlets?

branches can do all the things of the head office of travel agencies, but outlets can't organize groups, can't receive them, and can only do consulting. You have to pay a deposit to open a branch, and you don't have to pay any money for a service outlet.

Travel Agency, defined by the World Tourism Organization, is "a retail agency that provides the public with information about possible travel, accommodation and related services, including service fees and conditions. Travel organizers or production wholesalers or wholesalers prepare for travel and residence by organizing transportation, booking different accommodations and proposing all other services before the travel demand is put forward. " Industry organizations. China's "Regulations on the Administration of Travel Agencies" points out that travel agencies refer to enterprises engaged in tourism business for profit. Among them, tourism business refers to the business activities of handling exit, entry and visa formalities for tourists, attracting and receiving tourists, and arranging accommodation and other paid services for tourists. The operating items of travel agencies usually include the sales of various transportation tickets (such as air tickets, bus tickets and boat tickets), package trips, travel insurance, travel books, etc., and consulting agents for licenses (such as passports and visas) required for international travel. The smallest travel agency may have only one person, and the largest travel agency has branches all over the world. Occupations derived from travel agencies include: tour leader, tour guide, ticket clerk, visa Commissioner, dispatcher (tourism operation) and so on. To run a travel agency, you must hold a valid license issued by the authorities, and you must be a member of a designated travel agency chamber of commerce before you can run a tour group and travel with a group.

the state's policy of encouraging enterprises to "go global" has been gradually improved. In March 29, the Ministry of Commerce promulgated the Measures for the Administration of Overseas Investment, which greatly simplified the examination and approval process of overseas investment and gave enterprises more policy encouragement. For small and medium-sized enterprises, China has set up "international market development fund for small and medium-sized enterprises", set up a platform for overseas economic and trade cooperation zones for small and medium-sized enterprises, and also introduced overseas merger and acquisition policies. In addition, the tourism authorities also cooperate with the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Finance, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the China Banking Regulatory Commission to guide and promote China tourism enterprises to invest overseas.

At present, the business of China's "going out" tourism enterprises has been expanding to include travel agencies, restaurants, restaurants and scenic spots, and the trend of diversified operation is obvious. The operating areas have been expanding to cover more than 3 countries and regions in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.

Although some tourism enterprises in China have a certain scale and capital strength, compared with developed countries, even compared with developing countries such as India, the degree of internationalization of tourism enterprises in China is still very low, and their core competitiveness is not strong.