Administrative activity, in addition to the classic ones, includes more and more non-authoritative activities, and their effectiveness largely depends on the organization of the administration, distributed at different levels of territorial and political organization. The constitutional framework implies that the establishment of the system in various areas of the economy is in the competence of the state, while the autonomous provinces and local self-government units have certain competencies. Legal identification and standardization of administrative affairs and tasks in the field of tourism should be such that it does not endanger the freedom of private initiative, but do provide protection of the public interest. The analysis of the constitutional and legal framework includes the system of distribution of competencies in the field of tourism, the nature of administrative affairs and organizational forms of their implementation in the Republic of Serbia and a comparative review.