Tourist Enterprise Licence

A Tourist Enterprise Licence is issued to an enterprise which is an establishment or activity run or carried on for the purpose of providing services or goods to tourists for reward, whether monetary or otherwise. Click here for the list of tourist enterprises which requires a Tourist Enterprise Licence .

• Application procedures for a Tourist Enterprise Licence
• Guidelines (Criteria) for the following enterprises (Click on links below to download):
  • Restaurant
  • Table d’hôte
  • Night Club
  • Private Club
  • Pub
  • Helmet Diving
  • Tour Operator
  • Travel Agent 
  • Kite Surf - New (7 May 2021)
  • General Standards for Adventure Related Ecotourism Activities

• Criteria for Investment by Non-Citizen for these categories of tourist enterprises(Click on links below to download) :
  • Tour Operator
  • Restaurant-Foreign participation is authorised in new and existing restaurant projects provided added value is bought in terms of investment, innovation, new cuisines, filling-in gaps in the tourism product portfolio and quality standards.
  • Diving Centres-Foreign shareholding is allowed up to 30%
  • Boat House-Foreign Investment in Boathouses is favourably entertained in cases where the promoter
  1. is holder of a permanent residence permit
  2. is the spouse of a Mauritian citizen in accordance with the “regime legal de communauté” 
  • Applications for Operating a Rental Agency for Bicycle are reserved for Mauritian Nationals only. 

• Checklist for new application for Tourist Enterprise Licence

• Checklist for renewal of TEL and TAC - Oct 2021

• Application Form - Tourist Enterprise License

• Renewal Form for TEL and TAC

• Employee Information Form

• Checklist for variation of License - Oct 2021

• Checklist for Change in Company Structure

• Declaration Form in case of Change in Shareholding Structure

• Checklist for New Applications Following the Decease of a Licensee

• Fees for the issue and renewal of a Tourist Enterprise Licence

• Business Plan Template

• All documents submitted should be in the name of the applicant.