How to open a travel company in Slovenia?

Did you happen to wonder how to open a travel company in Slovenia? Do you want to open a tourist agency in the center of Europe and work without boundaries throughout Europe? Alternatively, do you already own a tourist agency and you plan to expand your business activities to the European Union?

You can register your travel company as a private company limited by shares (LTD) or if you were planning to expand your existing business, you can register a subsidiary (also LTD) or a branch office.

In Slovenia, there is a standard qualifier (SKD 2008), from which you can choose business activities that you want to register in your company. In the field of tourism, you can choose these types of activities:

• Tourist agency (sales of travel packages, tours, organizing transport to the destination and accommodation for both natural persons and other companies)
• Travel organization (organization and preparations of tours)
• Making reservations and other related services (booking of transportation, accommodation, meals, renting vehicles, attending sporting and cultural activities, selling tickets for various events, helping tourists and visitors, providing information to tourist, the activity of a guide, travel promotion).

Open a travel company in Slovenia – obtain a license

If you have decided to open a travel company in Slovenia, it will be necessary for you to obtain a license. The Law on Promotion of Tourism Development (Zakon o spodbujanju razvoja turizma) regulates this business activity. In order to obtain the license the main condition the company has to fulfill is the appropriate education and three years of experience in this field (if you do not have the appropriate education the you would need to fulfill the condition on having at least 6 years of experience in sales of travel packages ).

If neither of the founders or directors of the company does not fulfill these terms, then it is necessary to employ in the company an employee, who fulfills the given conditions.

The other conditions for obtaining this license is having the appropriate space, which meets all the technical specifications and standards.

The company DATA will gladly help its customers with company registration as well as with all the bureaucratic questions when obtaining the license. Experienced business consultants and lawyers can help you when obtaining various licenses and permits. You do not need to worry about questions like how to open a travel company in Slovenia – come to the company DATA and we will gladly help you.

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