Operating as a travel undertaking in Estonia

A company that organises or sells package travel, or facilitates linked travel arrangements, is a travel undertaking under the Estonian Tourism Act. It must file a notice of economic activities in the Register of Economic Activities before starting¹⁵¹⁷ and, unless an exemption applies, hold a security (guarantee or insurance) protecting travellers against its insolvency¹⁹²⁵²⁹. The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority supervises the activity¹².

Information as of 11 November 2026. Every numbered statement of this page was checked in the official text named below and re-checked by a second reviewer on 2026-11-11. The page is general information, not legal advice; the authority decides on every application.

What the activity is

A travel undertaking (reisiettevõtja) is a business that acts, for purposes of its economic or professional activity, as an organiser, a retailer, or a trader facilitating linked travel arrangements¹.

• An organiser (reisikorraldaja) combines travel services into packages and offers or sells them, directly or through another travel undertaking².
• A retailer (reisivahendaja) offers or sells packages put together by an organiser. A retailer selling packages of an organiser established outside the European Economic Area (EEA) is subject to the requirements set for organisers³.

Travel services are carriage of passengers, accommodation, rental of cars, other motor vehicles or certain motorcycles, and other tourist services⁴.

A package (pakettreis) is at least two different types of travel service for the same trip, combined by one organiser before one contract is concluded. Separate contracts still form a package where, for example, the services are chosen at one point of sale before payment, sold at a total price, advertised as a "package", or booked through linked online processes where the second contract follows within 24 hours⁵.

Linked travel arrangements (seotud reisikorraldusteenused) are at least two types of travel service for the same trip that do not form a package; the further conditions are set in TurS § 7¹(1)⁶.

Not covered, for example:

• one type of travel service (such as carriage) combined with other tourist services that are less than 25 per cent of the total value and are not an essential feature of the trip⁷;
• accommodation and meals offered on board a scheduled passenger transport where carriage is the main service⁸;
• packages and linked arrangements offered occasionally, on a not-for-profit basis and only to a limited group of travellers, not to the public⁹;
• business travel arranged under a general agreement between two businesses⁹;
• packages and linked arrangements lasting less than 24 hours, unless they include overnight accommodation⁹.

The legal act and the authority

• Act: the Tourism Act (turismiseadus, TurS), version in force from 1 May 2026¹⁰. The act refers to Directive (EU) 2015/2302 on package travel and linked travel arrangements¹¹.
• Authority: the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (Tarbijakaitse ja Tehnilise Järelevalve Amet, TTJA) exercises state supervision over the act's requirements¹². TTJA is also the beneficiary of the security, decides on its use¹³, and is the Estonian contact point under Article 18(2) of the directive¹¹.
• Register: the notice is entered in the Register of Economic Activities (majandustegevuse register, MTR), whose controller is TTJA¹⁴. TTJA publishes information on travel undertakings registered in the MTR and on their security providers on its website¹¹.

Who must file a notice

Every undertaking operating in a field listed in § 6 of the Tourism Act must file a notice of economic activities¹⁵. TurS § 6 divides the activity into seven fields¹⁶.

The notice must be filed before the activity starts¹⁷. Under the general rules, no notice is required from a service provider established in another EEA state that provides services in Estonia only temporarily¹⁸. The cases in TurS § 1(2)–(4) listed in section 1 fall outside the act⁹.

Requirements for the applicant

Security (tagatis). An organiser's security covers, in its insolvency, the traveller's repatriation, accommodation until return, refunds or compensation for cancelled services, and unredeemed package gift cards¹⁹. A linked-arrangement trader's security covers refunds and, where it is responsible for carriage, repatriation and accommodation²⁰.

The minimum security set in § 15¹ of the act²¹:

The security must at all times be sufficient, and the undertaking must prove it²². If the previous calendar year's sales were higher than the planned sales, they are the basis of the calculation²³. With several fields, the security may not be lower than that required for the field with the highest amount²⁴.

The security is a guarantee, an insurance, or both, from an EEA insurer, credit institution or financial institution²⁵. It must be usable on first demand, name TTJA as beneficiary, last at least six months, not end early without TTJA's consent, and be renewed one month before expiry²⁶. The document proving the security is sent to TTJA immediately after it is issued²⁷. The security is not part of the undertaking's bankruptcy estate²⁸.

No security is required, among other cases, where packages without carriage are paid in full only after the services are provided²⁹; the other exemptions in TurS § 15(5) are specified for the client's situation. An undertaking established in another EEA state meets the security requirement under the rules of its home state³⁰.

Other requirements. Whether capital, management, staffing, seat or anti-money-laundering requirements apply, under this or other acts, is specified for the client's case.

Penalty. TurS § 31¹ provides for a fine of up to 300 fine units, and for a legal person up to EUR 50,000; TTJA conducts the out-of-court proceedings³¹.

Documents filed with the notice

The notice contains³²:

• General data: the general data listed in MSÜS § 15(1).
• Tourism Act data: among the data listed in TurS § 8(2), the trade mark, if any, and the address of each place of business or, for e-commerce, the website³³.
• Security data: the amount, currency and territory of the security³⁴.

The notice is filed through the Estonian state portal (Eesti teabevärav) or a notary³⁵.

State fee and processing time

The notice is filed through the state portal or a notary³⁵; whether a state fee applies is specified for the client's situation.

The registrar enters the data at the latest on the working day after filing; via the state portal the undertaking or a notary enters them³⁷. This is the law's rule, not a promise for a particular case.

Ongoing reporting. Every travel undertaking reports to TTJA through the supervision information system referred to in § 12 of the Equipment Safety Act³⁸:

• each quarter, by the 20th of the following month, its total sales of packages and linked arrangements;
• its planned annual sales.

Changes in the notice data are reported within five working days, and the annual report includes a confirmation that these duties were met³⁹. If the undertaking cannot perform its obligations because of insolvency, it must inform TTJA immediately⁴⁰.

What LexorCorp Global OÜ does and how to order

LexorCorp Global OÜ prepares the notice for your company: it sets out the Tourism Act's requirements for your field from the official text, prepares the submission through the Register of Economic Activities and handles the written follow-up of the authority's questions⁴¹. The security is issued by a bank or insurer; state fees are paid by the client. LexorCorp does not give legal or tax advice, does not carry out audits and does not promise any registration result, date or decision of the authority.

The price depends on the activity and is given on request. To ask for it, open Licensed activities in Estonia, go to the Tourism field and use "Request a price" next to Travel agency; we reply by email⁴¹.

Sources

1. TurS § 5(1) — text in force from 2026-05-01
2. TurS § 5(2) — text in force from 2026-05-01
3. TurS § 5(3) — text in force from 2026-05-01
4. TurS § 3 — text in force from 2026-05-01
5. TurS § 7(1)-(2) — text in force from 2026-05-01
6. TurS § 7¹(1) — text in force from 2026-05-01
7. TurS § 7(3) and § 7¹(2) — text in force from 2026-05-01
8. TurS § 7(4) — text in force from 2026-05-01
9. TurS § 1(2)-(4) — text in force from 2026-05-01
10. TurS (whole text), RT I, 18.03.2026, 26 — text in force from 2026-05-01
11. TurS § 15⁴(1)-(2) — text in force from 2026-05-01
12. TurS § 30(1) — text in force from 2026-05-01
13. TurS § 15¹(9) p 3; § 15³(2) — text in force from 2026-05-01
14. MSÜS § 8(4) — text in force from 2025-09-01
15. TurS § 8(1) — text in force from 2026-05-01
16. TurS § 6 — text in force from 2026-05-01
17. MSÜS § 14(1) — text in force from 2025-09-01
18. MSÜS § 14(3) p 2 — text in force from 2025-09-01
19. TurS § 15(1), (3) — text in force from 2026-05-01
20. TurS § 15(4) — text in force from 2026-05-01
21. TurS § 15¹(1)-(4) — text in force from 2026-05-01
22. TurS § 15¹(5) — text in force from 2026-05-01
23. TurS § 15¹(6) — text in force from 2026-05-01
24. TurS § 15¹(11) — text in force from 2026-05-01
25. TurS § 15¹(7)-(8) — text in force from 2026-05-01
26. TurS § 15¹(9) — text in force from 2026-05-01
27. TurS § 15¹(10) — text in force from 2026-05-01
28. TurS § 15(6) — text in force from 2026-05-01
29. TurS § 15(5) — text in force from 2026-05-01
30. TurS § 15(2) — text in force from 2026-05-01
31. TurS § 31¹(1), (4); § 31⁵ — text in force from 2026-05-01
32. MSÜS § 15(1) — text in force from 2025-09-01
33. TurS § 8(2) — text in force from 2026-05-01
34. MSÜS § 15(5) — text in force from 2025-09-01
35. TurS § 8(3) — text in force from 2026-05-01
37. MSÜS § 59(2); § 58(2) — text in force from 2025-09-01
38. TurS § 15²(1) — text in force from 2026-05-01
39. MSÜS § 30(5)-(6) — text in force from 2025-09-01
40. TurS § 15³(1) — text in force from 2026-05-01
41. LexorCorp Global price list and service description (price list)

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