Travel and Tourism: Legal and Regulatory Framework and Regulations

This report delves into the legal and regulatory framework governing the travel and tourism industry. It examines the importance of the legal framework, the laws and regulations that influence the industry, and the protection of customer rights. The report discusses key legislation like the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and the Package Holiday Act. It then explores the regulations related to different modes of transport, including sea, air, and surface transport, highlighting passenger rights and the conventions that protect travelers. The report aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the legal aspects of travel and tourism, ensuring fair practices and customer safety.

Travel and Tourism

INTRODUCTION
The travel and tourism agencies made a significant growth in
economy. As the economy grows, travel agencies also achieve
success. There are various laws and regulations that have been made
for the protection of rights of customers. The safety of customers
who are using different modes of transport to travel from one place
to another. The services that are provided by travel and tourism
department are according to the packages offered by tour operators
to customers.

Legal and Regulatory framework in travel and
tourism
There are different types of the legal and the regulatory framework
that relates to the travel and tourism industry are:
The Legal Framework: The legal framework involves the rules
and the regulations that helps in the decision making process of the
organisation, the decision regarding the agreement and the different
laws that are related to the legislations etc.

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There are various laws that influences the travel and the tourism
industry as:
The protection of the customers from the unfair trading practices
enacted in 2008 which lays down the rules for the protection of
the customers from the misleading and the unfair trade practices.

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The package holiday act was enacted so that the persons who are
taking the tour packages are not cheated in the name of the
different facilities and the package holiday and the different
travel regulations act. The act was basically conducted to see
that there was no misconduct of the activities by the different
activities of the travel department.

Discuss surface, sea and air transport law in relation to
the carriage of passengers within the legal and
regulatory framework
The various rules and the regulations in relation to carriage of
passengers in the surface, sea and the air transport are:
Sea and the waterways Regulations:
The rights of the passengers who are using the means of the
transport to travel through sea and the waterways. The
regulations applies to the passengers who are travelling through
the these modes.

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Air Transport Regulations:
The air transport includes the different regulations like the
Different conventions regarding the regulations of air transport.
It include the conventions that are related to the international
carriage of the persons. This was made to protect the customers
who were travelling with the help of the transport.