22/10/2021
Classification of Tourism Business License
Tourism authority has classified Tourism Business License into four different types based on the scope of operation.
1. Local Tour Business License /specific area license:
This type of license allows you to conduct your business within any province and its adjoining provinces.
2. Domestic Travel Business License:
This type of license allows you to conduct your business within the Kingdom of Thailand
3. Inbound Travel Business License:
This type Licenseense will facilitate conducting tourism business by guiding tourists from foreign countries to travel within the kingdom of Thailand.
4. Outbound Travel Business License:
This type of License enables your business to conduct tourism business within the Kingdom and abroad. An applicant for this type of license may conduct other types of tourism business as well without having applied for separate license.
Individual person
Legal provision for the application of Tourism License: If an individual person applies for any type of tourism business license he/she should have the following fundamental qualification
- Being not less than 20 years of age on an application date for a tourism business license
- Being of Thai nationality
- Being domiciled or resided in the Kingdom of Thailand
- Not being bankrupt or under receivership
- Not being a person, of unsound mind, mental infirmity, incompetency
- Not being a person, whose tourism business license is on suspension
- Not being a person, whose tourism business license or has been revoked
List of documents for application of tourism business license
- Copy of ID card
- Copy of House registration
- Two pictures picture in front and inside of the office - Photos of the front of the office showing the entire building clearly, showing the location number and the office nameplate (nameplate must be in Thai language and have permanent characters and compression color photograph, size 4 x 6 inches) 4 copy of original and 1 copy
- Map of demonstrating a location of the place of business
- The ownership or possessory right of the establishment operated as a business place
- A copy of the insurance policy.
- The power of attorney with 30 baht stamp tax
- Receipt of Security deposit
Juristic person
In case of a Juristic person, the company should have a following basic qualification
- Being the juristic person under Thai law with objective specifically defined as to operate business concerning tourism business. If the juristic person is a partnership then the partner has unlimited liability or the managing partner should be a Thai national or if the juristic person is a limited liability company then at least 51% of the company’s share should be held by individual person who has Thai nationality more than half of limited liability company’s directorship should comprise of Thai nationals.
The director or person with power of management on behalf of a juristic person must have the qualifications and must not be under any of the prohibitions as follows:
- Being not less than 20 years of age on an application date for a tourism business license
- Being of Thai nationality
- Being domiciled or resided in the Kingdom of Thailand
Prohibited characteristics
- Not being bankrupt or under receivership
- Is a person of unsound mind or mental infirmity or an incompetent or quasi-incompetent person
- Not being a person whose tourism business license or tour guide license had been suspended.
- Never having been revoked a tourism business license or a tour guide license, and five years has not elapsed from the date of applying for a tourism business license
- Never having been revoked as a tour leader for less than five years up to the date of applying for a tourism business license
- The shareholders who hold more than five percent of the shares have not been revoked from being a tour leader, tourism business license, or a tour guide license, bankruptcy or had been receivership for less than five years up to the date of applying for a tourism business license
List of documents for application of tourism business license
- Copy certificate of registration with company seal 1 copy
- Company affidavit (Original)
- Copy of company affidavit with company seal 1
- Copy of list of shareholders (Bor Aor Jor 5) 1 copy
- Copy of memorandum (Bor Aor Jor 2) 1 copy
- Minutes of the company establishment meeting
- The company registration applicant
- Copy of ID card of signatory Thai director
- Copy of House registration of signatory Thai director
- Copy of memorandum of association and by the law of the company
two company seal
- Two pictures picture in front and inside of the office - Photos of the front of the office showing the entire building clearly, showing the location number and the office nameplate (nameplate must be in Thai language and have permanent characters and compression color photograph, size 4 x 6 inches) 4 copy of original and 1 copy
- Map of demonstrating a location of the place of business
- The ownership or possessory right of the establishment operated as a business place
- A copy of the insurance policy.
- The power of attorney with 30 baht stamp tax
- Receipt of Security deposit
** for the company document must be certified by the Ministry of Commerce not more than six months.
Security deposit and fee
1. Local Tour Business License /specific area license
the security deposit of 10,000 Thai Baht with an application government fee of 2,000 Thai baht
2. Domestic Travel Business License
A security deposit of 50,000 Thai Baht with a government fee of 2,000 Thai baht
3. Inbound Travel Business License
A security deposit of 100,000 Thai Baht with a government fee of 2000 Thai Baht
4. Outbound Travel Business License
A security deposit of 200,000 Thai Baht with a government fee of 2000 Thai Baht.
The security deposit can be presented in the form of the bank guarantee or cash or Thai government bond, state-owned enterprise bonds. The license is granted for a period of 2 years and must be renewed every two years. (In case of cash/cashier's cheque much present a copy of the company's affidavit be presented no later than one month the bank.)
Procedures timeline periods 15 Business Days