The documents that the tourism business entities are obliged to fill out will be reviewed. The standard model of the tourist contract will be removed so as to ensure greater flexibility and the tourist voucher will no longer be mandatory as this is considered outdated and doubles the information from the tourist services contract. By other changes approved today by the Government, the tour operators are freed from the obligation to issue travel insurance given that this is the duty of insurance companies whose services the potential tourists can use, IPN reports.

The employees of tourist firms will no longer be obliged to have a diploma of studies in tourism or a professional qualification certificate. It is also annulled the obligation to have the tourist accommodation facilities classified by the level of comfort. His will be an optimal measure. But the classification remained mandatory for the public food units of accommodation facilities.

The bill also contains measures aimed at counteracting unfair competition in the tourism industry and at simplifying the procedures for registering rural houses.