Association of Serbian Travel Agencies Seeking Additional Help from the Government

This Monday, the Association of Serbian Travel Agencies of Serbia (UTAS) asked for additional help from the government and the competent ministries in the form of gross minimum wages by the end of the year, and the legal option of freezing the companies' activities for up to a year in order to prevent bankruptcies and massive layoffs.

The request was sent to the cabinet of Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, the Tourism Organization of Serbia and the tourist inspection, UTAS says in a press release.

As added, behind the request for additional help to the tourist sector, are five associations which gather more than 4,500 travel agencies in Serbia – UTAS, the National Association of Travel Agencies of Serbia (YUTA), the Business Association of Travel Agencies (ATAS), the Association of Independent Travel Agencies (ANTAS) and the Association of Receptive Agencies of Serbia (URA).

The associations will present the data on the business losses to the competent institutions and explain the listed measures that they believe will enable most tourism companies to survive and several thousand jobs to be saved, the press release says.

It is added that many European countries have already set aside additional help to the most affected sectors of the economy, among which are tourism and hospitality.

Udruženje turističkih agencija Srbije-UTAS

PU YUTA Beograd

ATAS BEOGRAD

Asocijacija nezavisnih turističkih agencija Srbije

Ministarstvo finansija Republike Srbije

Ministarstvo privrede Republike Srbije

Ministarstvo turizma i omladine Republike Srbije

Turistička organizacija Srbije Beograd

Association of Serbian Travel Agencies of Serbia

UTAS

National Association of Travel Agencies of Serbia

YUTA

Business Association of Travel Agencies

ATAS

Association of Independent Travel Agencies

ANTAS

Association of Receptive Agencies of Serbia

URA

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Economy

Ministry of Trade

Tourism Organization of Serbia

tourist inspection

help for tourist agencies

coronavirus

coronavirus crisis

operations of travel agencies