YUTA: Travel Agencies in Serbia not Selling Arrangements from Today

Travel agencies in Serbia are not selling arrangements from today, because insurance companies have refused to insure them with the explanation that the risk is high, among other things because of Covid-19, said the director of the National Association of Tourism Organizations of Serbia (YUTA), Aleksandar Senicic.

He says for Beta that the passengers who have paid for their arrangements and are currently using them or have received replacement vouchers do have insurance while they're using them.

– Due to the inability to pay insurance, from today, travel agencies have no licenses and can only sell individual services, tickets or hotel accommodation, because that is insured in a different way – Senicic said.

He pointed out that insurance companies had not accepted to insure agency arrangements, even under the condition that the policy prices are raised. Senicic added that this had only been announced two weeks before, leaving no option for travel agencies.

The Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications of Serbia, Rasim Ljajic, said yesterday that a solution was being sought in cooperation with banks for travel agencies to get a license.

PU YUTA Beograd

Ministarstvo turizma i omladine Republike Srbije

National Association of Tourism Organizations of Serbia

YUTA

Aleksandar Seničić

Rasim Ljaljić

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pandemic

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