Trends In Travel And Tourism And Law

This book deals in the changes in the development of tourism and tourism law with main emphasis on the development concepts.

Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Law, 2nd Edition provides a comprehensive coverage of relevant law from a practical, industry perspective. The principles are traced from their historical background through to current policy issues and international conventions. Key cases are discussed and the relevant legislation for each Australian Sate and Territory is analysed. Comparative tables are included for quick reference. Exercises are included in each chapter for practice in identifying and applying the principles covered. Further research is encouraged by comprehensive footnotes and references. This long anticipated second edition is the essential reference for all those studying and working in the tourism and hospitality industry.

The 2020 edition analyses tourism performance and policy trends across 51 OECD countries and partner economies. It highlights the need for coherent and comprehensive approaches to tourism policy making, and the significance of the tourism economy, with data covering domestic, inbound and outbound tourism, enterprises and employment, and internal tourism consumption.

This book addresses the various sustainability issues that the tourism industry has faced over time like the trend from over-tourism to under-tourism or from tourism in increasingly distant destinations to a new local tourism with new needs. It also highlights how contracts, both between businesses and those with consumers, can represent tools for the financial, ecological and social sustainability of the tourism industry.

The book highlights the link between consumers and travellers, identifying the meaning of vulnerability in Brazil and the EU. It also covers different types of contracts for tourism and travel services, including online booking processes. Only after 2015, as a result of the directive on package travel and linked travel arrangements, did the EU begin viewing travellers as consumers in the sense of Union Consumer Law; conversely, in Brazil, the traveller has no legal status whatsoever and is considered solely a consumer. As the traveller is implicitly a consumer he/she is subject to vulnerability. However, the definition of vulnerability differs considerably between Brazil and the EU: while in Brazil it is a principle stemming from the Consumer Defence Code, covering all consumers, in the EU vulnerability is not an established principle. In the EU, although the average consumer is assumed to be reasonably well informed, observant and circumspect, they are also recognised as the weaker party in the contract. That recognition does not fit with the notion of "confident consumer". Vulnerable consumers in the EU are those whose individual characteristics, such as their age, physical or mental infirmity, or credulity, make them particularly susceptible to unfair commercial practices. Conversely, in Brazil these consumers are seen as being hyper-vulnerable, rather than solely vulnerable. In this context, travellers are in a weaker position than regular consumers buying goods or services, because they are outside of their domicile or jurisdiction for a brief or extended period of time. This book examines two types of traveller vulnerability that make travellers, particularly international ones, a special type of consumers: 1. External and 2. Legal (jurisdiction). Travellers’ vulnerability mainly stems from consumers travelling to different markets and different cultures. As such, they are subject to different laws that require special global attention. While both the EU and Brazilian system have their respective advantages and disadvantages, the goal of both must be to further increase protection for travellers, including business travellers. In consumer societies, the traveller is indeed a consumer by logical causation and hence a “special consumer”.

This is an open access book. The 3rd International Conference on Business Law and Local Wisdom in Tourism (ICBLT) will be an annual event hosted by Universitas Warmadewa, Denpasar, Bali. “Business Law and Local Wisdom in Tourism” has been chosen at the main theme for the conference, with a focus on the latest research and trends, as well as future outlook of the field of Call for paper fields to be included in ICBLT 2022 are Local Wisdom (Customary Law); Law on Business, Business Competition, and Prohibition of Monopoly; Law on Land and Environment; Law on Investment; Law on Criminal Act of Corruption and Asset Recovery Law on Licenses and Labor; Law on Tourism; Law on Transportation; Law on Immigration Intellectual Property Rights; and Law on Resolution of Tourism Investment and Business Disputes.This international seminar aims to facilitate scholars, researchers, practitioners, and students to share their thoughts on the latest trends on Business Law and Local Wisdom in Tourism whilst building network in an engaging environment. The participants of this conference will have a chance to enrich knowledge and discuss common challenges and offer creative solutions. By this, we hope to enhance and contribute knowledge for a better civilized community.