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Estonia’s 2017 Tourism Act: Regulations and requirements

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18 October 2024

Estonia’s 2017 Tourism Act: Regulations and requirements

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Estonia’s 2017 Tourism Act sets regulations and requirements for tourism services, defining service types, operator roles, and compliance obligations.

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Ministry of Justice of Estonia

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State Gazette of Estonia

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Estonia

Organisation Type

Company with 250 or more employees

Consumer Organisations

Local Authorities

National authorities

Regional Authorities

SMEs (a company with less than 250 employees)

  • Specific types of tourism

    • Adventure tourism

    • Coastal, maritime and inland water tourism

    • Cultural tourism

    • Ecotourism

    • Education tourism

    • Festival tourism

    • Gastronomy tourism

    • Health and medical tourism

    • MICE tourism

    • Mountain tourism

    • Religious tourism

    • Rural tourism

    • Sports tourism

    • Urban/city tourism

    • Wellness tourism

  • Transition Pathway Strategic Areas

    • Coordinated information on travelling

    • Governance of tourism destinations

    • Multimodal travelling

    • Short-term rentals

  • Business activities

    • Air passenger transport

    • Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks

    • Holiday Housing / Apartments and other short stay accommodation

    • Hotel and similar accommodation

    • Other accommodation

    • Other tourism transportation activities

    • Rail Passenger transport

    • Road passenger transport

    • Tour operator activities

    • Travel agency activities

    • Water (sea, coastal and inland) passenger transport

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The Tourism Act from Estonia, updated in December, 2017 by the Ministry of Justice of Estonia, outlines the regulations and requirements for offering and providing tourism services. The Act defines what constitutes a tourism service, such as passenger transport, accommodation, and vehicle rental. It specifies the roles and obligations of travel operators and agents, details the composition of package travel, and describes related travel services that involve separate contracts. Additionally, travel operators must notify authorities about their activities and comply with specific operational requirements (The original piece available only in Estonian). 

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