Travel agency and tourist arrangements
Denmark has for a number of years had special travel agency arrangements for tourists from Russia and China. The so-called ADS arrangement for tourists from China applies only to tourist groups.
On 1 July 2008 new travel agency arrangements were introduced for tourists from Ukraine and India, as was an expansion of the Chinese travel agency system to include tourists who travel alone. These arrangements make it easier for citizens of those countries to visit Denmark as tourists.
The travel agency arrangements mean that the Danish diplomatic mission (embassy or consulate) in each of these four countries is authorised to issue visas for up to 30 days to tourists form these countries.
It is a condition that
- the visit is arranged by a travel agency that has been accredited by the Danish Immigration Service and a travel agency that has been accredited by a Danish diplomatic mission in the country in question
- documentation is supplied that the trip has been purchased as a package which includes, at a minimum, transport and hotel reservations
For each application, before a visa can be issued, the travel agency must be able to supply documentation that they have an agreement with a travel agency accredited by the Immigration Service and that the package includes, at a minimum, transport and hotel reservations.
Each application for a visa is submitted by the travel agency in the country in question to the Danish diplomatic mission. However, the Danish diplomatic mission may call the applicant for a personal interview or ask for further information.
In order to be granted a visa under the travel agency arrangements, the applicant must meet the general conditions for issuing a Schengen visa. Read more about general conditions for granting a visa.
More information about travel arrangements is available by writing to visa@us.dk.
Further information about the accredited travel agencies is available from the Danish diplomatic mission in each of the four countries concerned. Contact information can be found on the Foreign Ministry's website.
See list of accredited Russian travel agencies.
See list of accredited Ukrainian travel agencies.
Tourist arrangement for travel-related companies other than travel agencies
On 1 October 2008 an arrangement was established expanding the existing travel agency arrangements in Russia to include travel-related companies other than travel agencies. Twenty-five hotel chains/hotels and up to five large holiday accommodation rental chains can be accredited under the programme.
On 15 February 2010, a similar accreditation programme was established for Ukrainian travel-related companies.
The Ukrainian arrangement is a pilot programme which will accredit as many as 25 hotel chains/hotels and up to five large holiday accommodation rental chains.
Accreditation of the selected chains will be conducted by the Immigration Service on the recommendation of Visit Denmark and after obtaining a statement from Horesta.
It is a condition that
- hotel chains/hotels and holiday accomodation rental chains cooperate with a Russian or Ukrainian travel agency
- the trip is arranged by the hotel chain/hotel or holiday accomodation rental chain and a Russian or Ukrainian travel agency that has been accredited by the Danish Embassy in Moscow or Kiev
- there is documentation that the trip has been purchased as a package which includes, at a minimum, transport and hotel reservations or reservation of holiday accomodation.
The terms and conditions remain otherwise the same as the travel agency arrangements.
Additional information can be obtained from Visit Denmark.