The licensing department of Russian Federation Federal Tourism Agency is going to set up the Federal Register of all travel agents.

‘We have received no applications so far, but I suppose all the agents will be able to apply in time,’ says Vladimir Strzhalkovskiy, Agency CEO.

The new legislation states registering is now obligatory for all travel agents; according to this law, the travel agents must bear certain financial responsibility for their services; it also clarifies the ways and methods of state control over them as well as provides some new legal terms and explains how the services should be rendered, reports the spokesperson for Federal Tourism Agency.