Legislation and Ethics in Travel and Tourism Sector

Legislation and ethics

1.1 Explaining legal and regulatory framework of travel and
tourism sector
Thomas Cook needs to comply with different types of legal and
regulatory framework that are applied on travel and tourism sector.
Tourism industry involves sellers, supliers, business organizations,
clients, contracts, hospitality. According to England and Wales, it is
essentential for every enterprise to follow all the rules and legislations to
run the business in effecrtive manner. Like other industries, travel and
tourism industry also includes a framework of strict rules and
regulations. The legislations and the tourism industry are connected in
many ways. This is because travel and tourism industry is providing
services to the domestic and foreign people. Travel and tourism
department of UK brings many laws on time to time with which hotels
need to comply very strictly. There are different modes of transportation
and for each mode separate rules and regulations are prepared. For rail
as a means of transportation, special rules and regulations are prepared.

Interpretation
Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979, The road and air services
provided to the passengers must be in an ethical manner. The
carrier is responsible to take care about its passenger during
journey. This act is concerns with the rights of the ravellersand
also involve any famages caused to employer during the
journey. It also specifies the condition under which are
accepted in transport with respect to national road transport.
The main motive of this act is to provide quality oriented
services to its clients.

Interpretation
UK government held responsible in order to make
sure that all the rules and regulations are strictly
followed in the nation transport industry. The mode of
transportation can be rail, sea and air. Government
must develop separate rules for safety and security
related to each mode of transportation. It helps to make
sure that passenger’s life will remain safe using
different modes of transportation. In the UK, there are
many laws that are prepared to make sure about the
smooth functioning of travel and tourism sector. In the
mentioned nation, travel and tourism sector is growing
at a rapid pace and it is 10% of nation GDP.