Legislation and Ethics in Travel and Tourism Sector: Assignment
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Legislation and Ethics in Travel andTourism Sector
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................11.1 Legal and regulatory framework...........................................................................................11.2 Surface, sea and air transport law ........................................................................................2TASK 2............................................................................................................................................32.1 Impacts of principles of health, safety and security legislation............................................32.2 Equality legislation in UK ....................................................................................................4TASK 3 ...........................................................................................................................................53.1 Contract legislation to travel customer ................................................................................53.2 Consumer protection legislation to travel customers............................................................6TASK 4............................................................................................................................................64.1 Ethical dilemmas faced by travel sector ...............................................................................64.2 CSR polices in tourism and travel business..........................................................................1CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4
INTRODUCTIONLegislation play important for development of tourism. Travel law refer to either generalauthority and particular law of travel and hospitality industry. It mentions to aggregation of state,federal and global laws that regulate different views and operations of tourism industry. Theobjective of legal and regulatory framework for sustainable development and administration oftravel, covering and improvement of natural and cultural resources. These legislation helps inprotecting safety and security issues of travellers(Birchfield, 2015). It has developed fromsecurity of environmental, well-being and safety, rights of workers, planning, consumerssecurity, company and contract law. This study is based on Thomas Cook which is the leadingtravel and tourism organization in the UK. This report will explain legal and regulatoryframework of travel sector. It will discuss surface, sea and air transport law in terms of carriageof passenger within legal framework of UK. It will evaluate impact of principles of health,safety and security legislation on travel sector.TASK 11
1.1 Legal and regulatoryframeworkThe legislation and tourismindustry are linked in moremodes. Travel sector includessellers, suppliers, customers,contracts, hospitality etc. Theregulatory framework is themethod of regulation dominantdecision making whereas legalframework advise method toimplement the statutelegislation. Specific law hasimplemented by firm thatobserving dependable growthin travel sector. Health and safety Executive(HSE): It is governmentagency responsible forapproval, laws and implementof health and safety, welfare ofworkplaces. The health andsafety executive responsiblefor encouraging persons carewith matters applicable tofunction of aim of health andsafety at workplaces. Theyalso responsible for creatingplanning and promote researchand communication, trainingand data in link with its work.It was established byRailways Strategic Rail Order2006, it activities being captiveby department of transport.SRA was set in 1999 followingelection of labour authority in1997 to raise public interestrules of parted railwaynetwork leading theprivatisation of British Rail.Civil Aviation Authority(CAA) : It is legal firm thatabroad and modulate all viewsof duty involves directing theissuing of pilots licences,experiment of instruments.They also responsible forgiving training of Air TrafficEngineers to control airportand en-route telecom andmanaging regulation ofprotection standards involvingveterinarian of wholepersonnel in aviation business.They also giving the methodsof financial security andoffering course toholidaymaker for solving anykind of mistake and fault. International Air TransportAssociation (IATA) : It istrade organization of airlinesin the world. IATA helpsairline function and assistsmake industry policy andregulation. It consists of 290airlines establishing 117nations. Their member airlinesaccount for carrying some82% of total available seatmiles air traffic. The firstpriority of IATA is the safetyand main device is the IATAOperational Safety Audit thathas authorized at state level bythe many nations. IATA givenumber of business abilitypublication and services. 2
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