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NOGA 79.1 Travel agency and tour operator activities
Activity from the Swiss General Classification of Economic Activities (NOGA 2025), published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). The full dataset (NACE 2.1 + ISIC 4 cross-walks) is included in Classifications (399 CHF).
791Multilingual description
NOGA 2025 provides the official designation in the four languages used by the Swiss federal authorities, alongside their European equivalents.
| Language | Designation |
|---|---|
| Français (fr) | Activités d’agence de voyage et de voyagiste |
| Deutsch (de) | Reisebüros und Reiseveranstalter |
| Italiano (it) | Attività di agenzie di viaggio e tour operator |
| English (en) | Travel agency and tour operator activities |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 79.1 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 2 more specific sub-levels.
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 79.1 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 79.1 | 79.1 Travel agency and tour operator activities | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 79.1 | Travel agency and tour operator activities | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 791 | Travel agency and tour operator activities | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 79.1 | Activités d’agence de voyage et de voyagiste | exact |
Type exact = strict 1:1 equivalence. partial = partial overlap. multi = one source code maps to several target codes.
Neighbouring codes
NOGA codes close to 79.1, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 79.9 | group | Other reservation service and related activities |
| 78.2 | group | Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions |
| 80.0 | group | Investigation and security activities |
| 78.1 | group | Activities of employment placement agencies |
| 77.5 | group | Intermediation service activities for rental and leasing of tangible goods and non-financial intangible assets |
| 77.4 | group | Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works |
| 77.3 | group | Rental and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods |
| 77.2 | group | Rental and leasing of personal and household goods |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 79.1.
A company whose main activity falls under "Travel agency and tour operator activities" is classified under NOGA code 79.1.
This category covers service companies, firms, agencies and sole traders whose main offering matches this activity: consulting firms, professional practices and independent providers.
The code is assigned on the principle of the main economic activity: if an entity has several activities, the one generating the most value added determines the classification.
How this code is used
NOGA code 79.1 is used by the Swiss federal authorities to classify companies by their main economic activity, notably:
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO): business and establishment register (BER), censuses and structural statistics.
- OASI compensation funds: classification of the employer's activity at registration.
- Federal Tax Administration (FTA): VAT profiling, net tax debt rates and sector statistics.
- Commercial register: "activities" field when registering a new legal entity.
- SUVA and accident-insurance funds: pricing of accident-insurance contributions by risk class.
- SECO and labour-market statistics: sector analyses and targeted support measures.
Official source
This page reproduces information from the NOGA 2025 standard published by the Federal Statistical Office. For the official version:
bfs.admin.ch — NOGA — General Classification of Economic Activities
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