Subsection 1: Common provisions applicable to tourist offices

By resolution of the municipal council, a municipality may set up a body responsible for promoting tourism, known as a tourist office, under the conditions set out in articles L. 133-2 to L. 133-10 of this code. Where several protected territorial brands, distinct by their location, name or management method, coexist on the territory of the same municipality or the same public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax…

The legal status and organisational procedures of the Tourist Office are determined by the Town Council. Where this body takes the form of a public industrial and commercial establishment, the provisions of articles L. 133-4 to L. 133-10 apply to it.

The tourist office welcomes and informs tourists and promotes tourism in the municipality or group of municipalities, in coordination with the departmental and regional tourism committees. It helps to coordinate the work of the various local tourism development partners. It may be entrusted, by the municipal council, with all or part of the preparation and implementation of local tourism policy and local tourism development programmes, particularly in the areas of…

The Tourist Office may set up one or more permanent or non-permanent offices, which may be responsible for providing tourist information.