Dossiers, order and procedures for applying for a domestic travel service business license

What do you need to do if you want to do domestic travel service business? What conditions need to be met before running a domestic travel service business?

1. What are the conditions for registering for domestic travel service business?

According to Clause 1, Article 31 of the Law on Tourism 2017, regulations on domestic travel service business conditions include:

“Article 31. Travel service business conditions

1. Domestic travel service business conditions include: including:

a) Being an enterprise established in accordance with the law on enterprises;

b) Depositing domestic travel service business at a bank;

c) The person in charge of travel service business must have graduated from a secondary school or higher with a major in travel; in case of graduating from a secondary school or higher with another major, he or she must have a certificate of domestic tourism operations location.”

In particular, the person in charge of travel service business as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 3 of Circular 06/2017/TT-BVHTTDL is the person holding one of the following positions: chairman of the board of directors; Chairman of the Board of Members; company president; private business owners; general director; director or deputy director; Head of travel services business department.

And in Clause 2, Article 3 of Circular 06/2017/TT-BVHTTDL amended and supplemented by Clause 1, Article 1 of Circular 13/2019/TT-BVHTTDL specialized regulations on travel include:

“a) Tourism service management and travel;

b) Travel management;

c) Tour operation;

d) Tourism marketing;

d) Tourism;

e) Travel tourism;

g) Tourism management and business calendar;

h) MICE tourism management;

i) Travel agency;

k) Travel guide;

l) Industry, profession, major that represents one of the phrases “travel”, “travel”, “travel guide” trained and awarded by educational institutions in Vietnam graduated before the effective date of this Circular;

m) Majors, professions, majors that show one of the phrases “tourism”, “travel”, “tour guide” trained and awarded diplomas by foreign training establishments.”

In case the diploma does not show the majors, professions, majors specified in Points l and m of this Clause, add a graduation transcript or appendix. degree representing industry, profession, or specialty, including one of the phrases “tourism”, “travel”, “travel guide

In addition, according to the provisions of Article 1 of Decree 94/2021/ND-CP stipulating the deposit level for domestic travel services business is 20,000,000 VND.

2. What are the procedures for registering a domestic travel service business?

According to Clause 1, Article 32 of the 2017 Law on Tourism, the application for a domestic travel service business license includes:

“Article 32. Documents, order, procedures, and authority to grant a domestic travel service business license

1. Dossier to apply for a domestic travel service business license includes:

a) Application for a domestic travel service business license according to the form prescribed by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism;

b) A certified copy of the Business Registration Certificate;

c) Certificate receive a deposit for travel service business;

d) A certified copy of the appointment decision or labor contract between the travel service business and the person in charge of the travel service business;

dd) A certified copy of the diploma or certificate of the person in charge of the travel service business specified in Point c, Clause 1, Article 31 of this Law.”

According to Clause 2, Article 32 of the Law on Services 2017, the order, procedures and authority to grant domestic travel service business licenses are specified as follows:

– Enterprises applying for a domestic travel service business license submit 01 set of documents to the provincial specialized tourism agency where the enterprise is headquartered;

– Within 10 days from the date of receiving a valid dossier, the provincial tourism specialized agency shall evaluate and issue a domestic travel service business license to the enterprise; In case of refusal, it must be notified in writing and clearly state the reason.

So, if you want to do domestic travel service business, you need to submit an application for a domestic travel service business license to a specialized tourism agency in Binh Phuoc province. Within 10 days from the date of receiving valid documents, the specialized tourism agency in Binh Thuan province will evaluate and issue a domestic travel service business license to you.

3. How much does it cost to register for a domestic travel service business?

According to Clause 1, Article 4 of Circular 33/2018/TT-BTC stipulating the appraisal fee for granting a domestic travel service business license:

– New issue: 3,000,000 VND/license;

– Issued Change: 2,000,000 VND/license;

– Reissue: 1,500,000 VND/license.

Thus, the cost of renewing a domestic travel service business license is 3,000,000 VND/license. However, currently the tourism industry is heavily affected by the Covid epidemic, so from January 1, 2022 to July 1, 2022, the domestic travel service business license fee will be reduced by 50%, leaving only 1.5 million VND specified in Article 1 of Circular 120/2021/TT-BTC.

4. In what cases is a domestic travel service business license revoked?

According to Article 36 of the Law on Tourism 2017, regulations on the case of travel service business license revocation are as follows:

“Article 36. Revocation of travel service business license

1. Enterprises whose travel service business license is revoked in the following cases:

a) Termination of travel service business activities, dissolution or bankruptcy;

b) Failure to meet one of the travel service business conditions specified in Clause 1 or Clause 2, Article 31 of this Law;

c) Failure to change the travel service business license as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 35 of this Law;

d) Harming national sovereignty, interests, national defense and security;

dd) Taking advantage of tourism activities to bring people from Vietnam abroad or from foreign countries into Vietnam illegally;

e) Allowing other organizations and individuals to use the enterprise’s travel service business license for business activities. business;

g) Failure to fully carry out the obligations specified in Point i, Clause 1, Article 37 of this Law, causing serious damage to the lives, health, and property of tourists;

h) Forging applications for issuance, renewal, or re-issuance of travel service business licenses.

2. The business has had its business license revoked Travel services according to the provisions of Points b and c, Clause 1 of this Article can only be applied for a travel service business license after 6 months from the effective date of the decision to revoke the license. Enterprises that have had their travel service business license revoked according to the provisions of Points d, dd, e, g and h, Clause 1 of this Article can only apply for a travel service business license after 12 months from the effective date of the decision to revoke the license.

3. The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism regulates the order and procedures for revoking travel service business licenses.”