Examining Legislation and Ethical Practices in UK Travel & Tourism

This essay provides an overview of the legal and ethical landscape within the UK's travel and tourism sector. It highlights the importance of legislation in ensuring the proper functioning of the industry, protecting consumer rights, and maintaining ethical standards. Key legislations such as the Transport Act 1980-1985 are discussed, along with the roles of various regulatory bodies like the Health and Safety Commission and the Civil Aviation Authority. The essay also examines laws related to the carriage of passengers via surface, sea, and air, referencing international agreements like the Athens Convention and the Warsaw Convention. It emphasizes passenger rights and safety measures across different modes of transport. The document is available on Desklib, a platform offering study tools and resources for students.

Legislation and Ethics in Travel
and Tourism Sector

INTRODUCTION
The tourism industry is most growing industry in UK market.
People are continuously engaged in enchanting the services of the
tourist industry. The company is dealing with the various
destination of the world and involved in service providing to the
customers. This involves various laws to be followed in tourism
industry. The legal frame work of the countries helps in
development of tourist industry legally and ethically

Legal and regulatory framework of travel
and tourism sector
The tourism industry is having a large importance of the
legislation in the development of business as they provide an
lawful agenda to the activities of tourism services. The tourism an
the legislations are interconnected. The tourism industry is having
engagement of various persons like sellers, suppliers, consumer,
contracts etc. that influence the functioning of the tourist industry.

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The various legislation defined by UK government are:
 Transports Act 1980-1985: this act in-acted after the issue
of termination of express coach routes of more than 30
miles by the licensing laws. This is found that it increases
high competition in the private transport service provider
and the public service provider. After making some changes
in legalisation the govern met of UK provided licensing to
the private buses to operate in all routes.

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The basic goals and objective of the tourism legislation are:
 Helps in development of standard procedures of travel and
tourism activities.
 Development of tourism operations in disciplinary manner.
 Ensures the rights of the customers and employee working
with travel and tourism industry.

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This different industries of tourism sector that are regulated
by the UK legislations are:
 Health and Safety Commission
 International Air Transport Association
 Strategic Rail Authority
 Civil Aviation Authority

Surface, sea and air transport law in relation
to carriage of passengers
The carrier and carriage are two different terms that are defined by
the Athens Convention. Carrier is the person who is engaged in the
carriage of person, luggage from one place to another. The carrier
is abided by the carriage with the help of an agreement
enforceable by law. The carriage may be person or the luggage
like vehicle or other item.

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The various laws related to the carriage of passenger with help
of sea, air and surface means of transportation are described
below:
 Surface laws: This is defined as international carriage of
passenger by road act 1979. this defines the provisions
related to surface transportation and carriage of passenger.
IT regulates the protection of passenger at the time of
boarding with the surface transportation means.

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 Sea law: The safety of the shipping through ways of sea is
ensured by the international Maritime organisation. In the
amendment of 2002 in anthem convention it is defined that
passenger travelling thorough sea ways should provided
with insurance to increase the time of liability for the
damage. This includes various safety measures like, fire
fighting skills, life saving equipments at time of shipment
of passengers and goods.

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 Air law: this laws provide protection against any damage to
carriage during the process of carriage through means of air
ways transportation. It involves various provision that secure
the passenger from, any damage during the travel time. The
international carriage regulates the documentation of carriage
while travelling defined by the Warsaw convention of 1929. the
passenger is right to claim against the death and demand for
compensation from the authority of airlines.

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