THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

79120

Tour operator activities

ประกอบกิจการจัดรายการนำเที่ยวซึ่งขายผ่านตัวแทนธุรกิจการเดินทาง หรือขายโดยธุรกิจจัดนำเที่ยว รายการนำเที่ยวอาจรวมถึง การจัดหาพาหนะ ที่พักแรมอาหารและการเข้าชมพิพิธภัณฑ์ สถานที่ทางประวัติศาสตร์หรือวัฒนธรร

What this activity covers

Companies in this sector organise and sell tours, often including transport, accommodation, and meals.

  • Tour organisation — Selling organised tours through agents or directly
  • Transportation services — Providing transport as part of tours
  • Accommodation services — Arranging lodging for tour participants
  • Meal provision — Offering meals during tours
  • Cultural visits — Organising visits to museums and historical sites
  • Event performances — Including musical or sporting events in tours
  • Hajj and Umrah voyages — Arranging religious pilgrimage tours

What companies here also do

Seen in real company registrations under this code — beyond the official definition, so licensing may differ.

  • Travel consulting — Providing advice and coordination for travel
  • Domestic tourism — Focusing on local tour operations

Foreign ownership

List 3: Restricted, FBL/BOI route availableinherited from 791

Guided touring

Tour guiding is additionally reserved to Thai nationals under the tourism business and guide legislation.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 3 (18)Routes: Foreign Business Licence, BOI promotion, US Treaty of Amity

Auto-mapped, verify against the Act. These TSIC mappings are indicative, not legal advice; the schedules of the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 are the authority. See the full foreign ownership reference.

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

The whole registered industry under this activity, every registration year, from the DBD DataWarehouse.

10,464
active companies operate here
฿36.1Bregistered capital, combined
฿77.5B
Sector revenue · 2025
+25% since 2023
฿626.5M
Net profit · 2025
3,601 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
9%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿78.7M foreign฿771.3M Thai

Largely domestic, with some foreign investment.

New in 2026

543-14.2%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿36.1B+0.5%

since year-end

Largest by revenue

Latest filed-year revenue, not a multi-year total

  1. 1Der Asia Tour Co., Ltd.฿2.7B
  2. 2BTC 2021 Co., Ltd.฿2.0B
  3. 3Seiko Travel Co., Ltd.฿1.9B
  4. 4Asian Trails Co., Ltd.฿1.9B
  5. 5Exotic Voyage Co., Ltd.฿1.8B

Source: Department of Business Development DataWarehouse. Financial figures are combined totals of companies that filed statements; revenue and profit shown for the latest three reporting years.

Companies registered since 2022

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New DBD registrations under this activity since 2022, the period the registry snapshot covers, not the full historical register.

4,345
Registered
since 2022
3,997
Still active
348
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2005peak 1,333 in 20232026

Largest active companies by registered capital

Source: Department of Business Development (DBD) new-registration records, 2022 to present. Counts cover companies first registered in that window, reflect the latest snapshot load, and may lag the live register.

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