Analysis of Legislation and Ethics in the Tourism Industry

This report provides an analysis of the legislation and ethical considerations within the tourism industry. It examines the critical importance of health, safety, and security, and how these factors are governed by various laws and regulations. The report highlights key legislation, including the Health and Safety Act 1974, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, the Data Protection Act 1984, and the Employment Equality Act 2010. It emphasizes the significance of providing equal opportunities, ensuring a safe working environment, and protecting the rights of both staff members and tourists. The analysis covers the implications of these acts on workplace practices, service delivery, and the overall operations of the tourism sector, including hotels, airlines, and other related businesses. The report underscores the importance of compliance with these regulations to maintain ethical standards and ensure the well-being of all stakeholders.

Legislation and Ethics in the Travel and Tourism
Impacts of the principle of health, safety and security legislation
The main aim of the legislation to operate the improvement of the travel & tourism sector to
defined about the unified area for the practise of tourism after analysing the actual and duties of an
individual that linked with the tourism industry. In this industry all the staff members are plays
crucial role and active for the different activities to provide safety in the industry. The main reason
of the health and safety regulation to assure about the working environment safety. It is
responsibility of the employer to provide safety of staff members regarding to personal injury. In
this sector, offer to good accommodations and other services through different services that offered
by the travel provides. There is applied the health and safety act 1974, to set out the laws to guide
and making mandatory for the staff members to present their responsibilities against the staff
member and the public. In relation, it says the company's obligation is to assure a better and polite
working atmosphere and comply with protection standards. Airlines conducting in the airline
industry that have to measure security which provided by the authorities responsible for keeping
the management of their operations. In the event of failure to meet the requirements, people who
work in the airline industry sometimes face crucial conditions. Thus, health, safety & security are
required for the tourism industry. There are various values to assure about the each hotel and camp
ground etc. has a good atmosphere with all the machinery that is able to prevent important
situations and assuring for the safety of each person inside the grounds. The knowledge based on
the provide by the executive team of the company. For this trained to staff members for the duties
at the various hierarchies will be equal that related with the different condition and emergencies.
Analysis legislation that relates to equality
Equality plays essential role at the work place where all the staff members are treated equally
without any discrimination at any stage. The UK government has passed the particular legislation
in order to provide same chances to all the staff members and tourists as per the providing services.
There are different laws that has been determined below:
Sex discrimination act, 1975: According to this act, create discrimination in gender. In
present time it is classified into the three phases such as sex like men, women and transgender.
This act defined that every person have equal right at the work place whether male or female. So it
is required to maintain equality and no create any comparison regarding to gender and allocate
work. Moreover, in every organisation create a contract in between employee and employer where
defined all the rules and conditions regarding to work and provide all the detail information about
the employee.
Disability Discrimination act, 1955: The particular act defined about the discrimination
between the different types of people on the basis of disability. Many people challenged by the
physically that provides the chances that only provide to able individual. Many person demoted
and many promoted regarding to disability as well as employer provide the opportunity to present
in specific standard.
Data protection act, 1984: In this act developing, keeping and boosting good health
relation with the staff members and provide safety them regarding to rights. In the organisation
provide the leaves, set working hours, pay and more thing that is not admitted by the employer due
to unless become legal.
Employment equality act, 2010: There are various values to assure about the each hotel,
motel, camp ground etc. has a good atmosphere with all the machinery that is able to prevent
important situations and ensuring the safety of each person inside the grounds.