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Legislations and Ethics in The Travel and Tourism Sector

   

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3LO 1.................................................................................................................................................3A) Legal and Regulatory framework of English law system......................................................3B) Role of Regulatory bodies in Travel and Tourism and International Convention used toregulate various sector.................................................................................................................4LO 2.................................................................................................................................................5A) Report on health, Safety and Security Legislation.................................................................5B) Report on Equality Regulation in English Legal System.......................................................6LO 3.................................................................................................................................................8A) Report on various Legislation relating to Travel and Tourism Sector...................................8B) Report on Consumer Protection Legislation relating to package holidays to avoid anycrime liability..............................................................................................................................9LO 4...............................................................................................................................................10A) Identifying and Analysing the ethical dimensions which Corporation could face and alsodeal with such dimensions........................................................................................................10B) Analysing the Corporate Social Responsibility...................................................................10CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTIONTravel and tourism industry is expanded in the vast sector and lot of business are engagedwith these services. It provides the desired and needs of the products and services to the traveller.Tourism attracts the customers toward the places which of customers preference they providebusiness to tour operator to manage their travel whether international or in their own country.Tourism becomes an importance source of income for various business and also for countries. Itprovides lot of employment opportunity and also generate economic growth of the country.Present report is based on various rules and laws imposed by the government regardingthe violation of terms and condition in travelling and tourism. Report will include various legaland regulatory framework in travel and tourism sector. It also includes legislations and regulationrelating to health, safety and security in this sector. Further it includes consumer protectionlegislation in relation to travel and tourism sector. Lastly it analyses the various role of ethics tobe adopted in corporate sector. LO 1A) Legal and Regulatory framework of English law systemEnglish laws: These are such laws which are regulated by the European government andlegislated the laws according to the crimes committed. Such crimes can be in the form of bothcivil and criminal matters. European court of justices has the power to recognise the matters andenacted rules which is followed by the local citizen of UK. Rules are imposed by the Parliamentto maintain the ethical behaviours in the society (Moorhouse, D'Cruze and Macdonald, 2017).Queen is the head of the state and before making any law they have to previously approve by thequeen. Laws are classified into 2 categories:- Civil law: Such cases which related to civil matters such as fraud, misconduct, theft etc. Theyare not considered to be the major crime but they are punishable under the courts of Justice(Classification of Law, 2019). Their punishment is not more than 1 year and also not such tortureis committed with the accused. - Criminal law: Such cases which are related to murder or death of person are charged under thecourt of European justice. They are charge for punishment for the period of more than 1 year orcan be sentenced to imprisonment under various norms (Paraskou and George, 2017). They arenot easily granted by the courts as they cause harm to the society and people.
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Various sources of law to regulate the travel and tourism sector. ~ Customs: This law runs from the ancient times. Mainly these laws are not written as theydepend upon the nature of person and their behaviour in the society. As principles are changesaccording to the valid customs in the legislature (Ram, 2018). The rights of Kings and thechanges which they think fit should be implemented in the custom's law. ~ Common law: In this law the judgement is made by the judges while sitting in the court. Thedecision is based on the queen’s decision and they have to follow it without any negligence. Thedecision made by superior court are bound to be followed by the subordinate court whether inany case related to travel and tourism (Font and McCabe, 2017). The judgements are made underthe cases related to travel and tourism in National Tourism policy. ~ Statue law: The laws are created by the Act of parliament and they have the power to makenew laws and amend the existing laws. The proper procedure is initiated and then approved bythe signature of Queen. This is also known as Act of Parliament and they also mentioned in thelegislation. For any such issue relating to Travels and tourism, people has the power to reach thecourt according to case of issue. Customers has the power to reach court on the bases of crimecommitted by the tours and travels. If the crime is related to making false payment o nay detailsis missing in broacher it related to civil crime which is liable under the common law. If theycommitted fraud or misappropriate regarding the hotels background which the client demandedin their holiday package, it results to criminal crime. B) Role of Regulatory bodies in Travel and Tourism and International Convention used toregulate various sector. Regulation are imposed to analyse the role of travel operators in providing services to theirclients. Services are in terms of public safety, fair prices, health and safety care andtransportation security (Koburtay, Syed and Haloub, 2018). Customers and suppliers mostlydeals with the travel companies to provide such facility. This strategy helps them to enjoy theweekends and holidays with families. In this case the clients are not happy with the traveloperators regarding the services which they are offering and they want to sue him.
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