• The organisation must be active in the field of tourism, mobility, motoring and/or open air activities.
• The organisation must have personal members which have a direct or indirect vote at the club's General Assembly, i.e. it must be membership based and membership owned.
• The organisation must be active throughout the whole national territory.
• The organisation must be an independent body and must not be controlled by a commercial or sectorial political body.
• The organisation must be a not-for-profit organisation which reinvests all profits back into the organisation for the benefit of its members.
• The organisation's aims must be compatible with the AIT philosophy, as laid down in the AIT's Statutes, Mission Statement and Public Policy Statements.

Adherent members (organisations with an observer status without voting rights)

• The organisation, which may or not be constituted of individual members, must have as its aim to promote tourism and wish to give moral and material support to the AIT.
• The organisation must have a national character and operate nationally.
• The organisation may be given permission to issue certain international documents, i.e. CDP, Carnet de Touriste. For the CDP, this would be subject to careful study and report by the Customs Commission and the Management Committee.
• The AIT membership fee of an adherent member is a fixed amount which is less than that of an active member and not based on the number of members