These regulations are promulgated in accordance with Paragraph 3, Article 66 of the Statute for the Development of Tourism (hereinafter “the Statute”)

The establishment, change or dissolution of travel agencies, issuance of operating licenses, operation and management, punishing and rewarding, and management and the training of travel agency managers and staff shall be administered by the Tourism Bureau under the commission of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (hereinafter“theMOTC”).Commissioned operations along with related legal grounds shall be announced and publicized in government bulletins or newspapers.

Travel agencies are divided into consolidated travel agencies, Class-A travel agencies, and Class-B travel agencies.
The business scope of consolidated travel agencies shall consist of the following:
1.) Being commissioned to sell passenger tickets for domestic or foreign land, sea, and air transportation operators, or to buy domestic or overseas passenger tickets and to handle shipment of luggage for travelers.
2.) Being commissioned to handle inbound and outbound procedures and visa applications for travelers.
3.) Soliciting of business from or receiving domestic and overseas tourists, and arranging for their tours, food, accommodation, and transportation.
4.) Arranging domestic and overseas tours, food and accommodation, and transportation for travelers as well as related services, through chartered or self- organized tour packages.
5.) Commissioning of Class-A travel agencies to solicit business as indicated in the preceding sub-paragraph.
6.) Commissioning of Class-B travel agencies to solicit domestic tour group business as indicated in sub-paragraph 4 of this article.
7.) Handling of communication, promotion, and price quotation on behalf of foreign travel agencies.
8.) Planning of domestic and overseas tours, and arranging for tour guides or tour managers.
9.) Providing of advice on domestic and overseas tours.
10.) The sale of travel-related merchandise and services, the collection of fees via online platforms and phone applications, and the collection of travel-related insurance premiums for products offered by collaborating insurance companies.
11.) Operating other domestic and overseas tour-related businesses as approved by the central administrative authority.
The business scope of Class-A travel agencies shall consist of the following:
1.) Being commissioned to sell passenger tickets for domestic or foreign land, sea, and air transportation operators, or to buy domestic or overseas passenger tickets and to handle shipment of luggage for the traveler.
2.) Being commissioned to handle inbound and outbound procedures and visa applications for travelers.
3.) Soliciting of business from or receiving domestic and overseas tourists; arranging for their tour, food, accommodation, and transportation.
4.) Arranging of overseas tours, food and accommodation, and transportation for travelers as well as provision of related services, through self-organized tour packages.
5.) Soliciting of businesses as indicated in sub-paragraph 5 of the preceding paragraph on behalf of consolidated travel agencies.
6.) Handling of communication, promotion, and price quotation on behalf of foreign travel agencies.
7.) Planning of domestic and overseas tours, and arranging for tour guides or tour managers.
8.) Providing of advice on domestic and overseas tours.
9.) The sale of travel-related merchandise and services, the collection of fees via online platforms and phone applications, and the collection of travel-related insurance premiums for products offered by collaborating insurance companies.
10.)Operating other domestic and overseas tour-related businesses as approved by the central administrative authority.
The business scope of Class-B travel agencies shall consist of the following:
1.) Being commissioned to sell passenger tickets for domestic land, sea, and air transportation operators, or to buy domestic passenger tickets and handle shipment of luggage on behalf of travelers.
2.) Soliciting of business from or receiving domestic tourists or foreigners with legal residence permits, including the people of the Mainland Area, the residents of Hong Kong and Macau; arranging for tours, food and accommodation, and transportation; and providing of related services.
3.) Soliciting of businesses related to domestic group tours on behalf of consolidated travel agencies as indicated in sub-paragraph 6 of Paragraph 2 of this Article.
4.) Planning of domestic tours.
5.) Providing of advice on domestic tours.
6.) The sale of travel-related merchandise and services, the collection of fees via online platforms and phone applications, and the collection of travel-related insurance premiums for products offered by collaborating insurance companies.
7.) Operation of other domestic tour-related businesses as approved by the central administrative authority.
The businesses as stipulated by the preceding three paragraphs may not be conducted unless the operator has duly received travel agency operating license. Such restrictions shall not apply to the selling of passenger tickets for ordinary domestic sea, land or air transportation.

A travel agency shall be incorporated and operated exclusively for travel businesses, and the name of the incorporated travel agency shall include the Chinese words for travel agency, “Lu Sing She”.