Examining Legal and Ethical Issues in Travel & Tourism - England

This essay provides an overview of the legal and regulatory framework governing the travel and tourism sector in England and Wales. It discusses key legislations such as the Consumer Protection Act 2008, the Health and Safety Commission 1974, the Licensing Act 2003, the Development of Tourism Act 1969, and regulations from organizations like IATA, ABTA, SRA and ATOL. The essay also examines surface, sea, and air transport laws concerning passenger carriage within the UK's legal framework, highlighting the importance of these laws for both travelers and businesses. The essay concludes by referencing academic works that discuss tourism policies, climate change impacts on tourism, and the effects of legal measures on transplant tourism.

Legislation and ethical issues
in Travel and Tourism
(Task 1)

1.1 Legal and regulatory framework of the travel and tourism
sector with reference to England and Wales
Around the world, there are different type of legislations that are being
followed and these are helpful in order to protect the interest of
local as well as travellers. With this respect, below given are the
legal and regulatory framework that is being followed in United
Kingdom with reference to England and Wales:
 Consumer protection act 2008
 Health and safety commission 1974
 Licensing act 2003

Cont...
 Development of Tourism act 1969
 International Air transport association (IATA)
 Package travel, package holidays and Package Tours
Regulations 1992
 Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA)
 Strategic Rail Authority(SRA)
 Air Travel Operators’ Licensing (ATOL)

1.2 surface, sea and air transport law in relation to the carriage of
passengers within the legal and regulatory framework of United
Kingdom
Surface, sea and air transport law are important and it is
essential that all traveller should know about it.
Below given are the discussion all these three laws:
 Surface law

Cont...
 Air Law
 Sea Law

REFERENCES
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disaggregated analysis. Tourism Economics.16(3). pp.535-548.
Das, R.K. and Chakraborty, J., 2012. An evaluative study on tourism in
Bangladesh. Developing Country Studies. 2(1). pp.17-27.
Padilla, B., Danovitch, G.M. and Lavee, J., 2013. Impact of legal measures
prevent transplant tourism: the interrelated experience of The Philippines
and Israel. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. 16(4). pp.915-919.
Tribe, J., 2015. The economics of recreation, leisure and tourism. Routledge.

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