Legislation and Ethics in Travel and Tourism

This presentation discusses the legal and regulatory framework of the travel and tourism sector, focusing on the civil aviation authority and the international air transport association. It also explores surface, sea, and air transport law in relation to the carriage of passengers. The presentation provides an overview of the laws and regulations that govern the travel and tourism industry, ensuring the safety and protection of passengers.

Legislation and ethic in travel and
tourism
TASK 1

1.1Explain the legal and regulatory framework
of the travel and tourism sector
 Civil Aviation authority- It is majorly
responsible for the controlling and
regulating the aviation safety in the United
Kingdom. It helps in determining the
various policy that are mainly use for
airspace and regulating the Gatwick,
Stansted and Heathrow airports. Under this,
it includes a fitness of airlines in terms of
financial and licensing.

1.1Explain the legal and regulatory framework
of the travel and tourism sector
 Civil Aviation authority- It is majorly
responsible for the controlling and
regulating the aviation safety in the United
Kingdom. It helps in determining the
various policy that are mainly use for
airspace and regulating the Gatwick,
Stansted and Heathrow airports. Under this,
it includes a fitness of airlines in terms of
financial and licensing.

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 International Air Transport Association- It is that
trade association of the international airlines that are
constitutions of the 268 airlines that are representing
almost 117 countries. Under this IATA that are mainly
supporting the activities of airline that helps in
formulating the standards and industry policy. The
primary priority of the IATA is a safety in that they
protecting the passengers while travelling as there was
a 11 number of attacks in 2001 due to which it is a
main responsibility.

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 International Air Transport Association- It is that
trade association of the international airlines that are
constitutions of the 268 airlines that are representing
almost 117 countries. Under this IATA that are mainly
supporting the activities of airline that helps in
formulating the standards and industry policy. The
primary priority of the IATA is a safety in that they
protecting the passengers while travelling as there was
a 11 number of attacks in 2001 due to which it is a
main responsibility.

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Air travel Organiser's Licensing (ATOL)-
It is a schemes of Civil Aviation Authority I
which it helps the people in protecting the
financial in which they purchase the package
holidays from the Thomas Cook. It makes
sure that the air travel cannot be sell legally
and passengers can able to obtain the
insurance bonds from the Civil Aviation
authority.

1.2 Discuss surface, sea and air transport law in
relation to the carriage of passengers within the legal
and regulatory framework
Surface Law- There is an international carriage of
passenger by road act, 1977 that are governed
under the surface law of the country. Thus, the rules
and regulation are formulating for the purpose of
protecting the travel passengers while they are
getting permission on the board. Therefore, it
remedies to the claim within the current legislation
and regulation that are mainly involves such as any
kind of property damages while passengers are on
travelling.

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 Sea Law- Under this, there is an international Maritime
organisation that are mainly formulating through the
United Nation which makes sure that there is a security
and safety while there is a shipment of goods and
passengers. Thus, it also include that they are regulating
the various factor of environment that are majorly
include in which there is a function of the shipment.
Thereafter, there is an other law in which there is an
international Convention for the safety of life at
sea( SOLAS) in which they are regulating the various
function in which they protect from fire in that they take
measures to protecting from fire.

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Air Law- There are various regulation and legislation
under the air transport law and there is another act is the
Warsaw convention of 1929. it can be define as the
international carriage that are lay down the various
regulation and rules that are concern with the
documentation of carriage. It assist the passengers to claim
for the compensation when they are suffering from any
death and person injury while they are travelling. It needed
that the carriages have to performing the function in which
they have to check the luggage at the starting of its
journey.

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