Tourism Law in Europe

15 qualifications and education (e.g. for tourist guides or tourist agency operations managers). The possession of professional qualifications is then established in administrative proceedings in which a competent authority renders an approval decision for the performance of tourism services. To provide tourism services in the territory of the Republic of Croatia where they are considered to be regulated professions, the providers from other EU Member States must also possess the appropriate professional qualifications. Their foreign professional qualifications must be recognised, so they are able to establish the provision of services in Croatia, or to provide, temporarily or occasionally, their cross-border tourism services. The provision of tourism services in Croatia, and in particular the provision of tourist guide services corresponds to the provision of such services in many other EU MS where they are also organised as regulated professions 54 . The information published in the EU Regulated Professions Database 55 shows that tourist guides rank fifth among the most temporary mobile professions in EU. In the period from 2007 to 2020, a total of 5181 declarations were registered (and exceptionally decisions) for temporary provision of tourist guide services within the EU Member States, the EEA countries and in Switzerland. Figure 7: Tourist guide – temporary provision of services 2007-2020 56 54 See the list of EU MS published in the Regulated professions database where tourist guides are listed among regulated professions, https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools- databases/regprof/index.cfm?action=profession&id_profession=4130, accessed on 12 March 2021. 55 EU Single Market, Regulated professions database, European Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/regprof/index.cfm?action=homepage, accessed on 12 March 2021. 56 Graph retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/regprof/index.cfm, accessed on 12 March 2021.