TOURISM LAW

The course aims to provide the students with the fundamental coordinates in the vast panorama of tourism legislation.

Starting from an introduction to the basic aspects of the Italian legal system (necessary for those students who have never dealt with the study of legal matters), we will examine the discipline of the main fields of activity of the sector: tourism companies and tourism professions. Particular attention will be paid to contracts generally stipulated in the field of tourism and to the responsibility of the operators of the sector.

Through a very practical approach to the topics (with numerous examples and the use of forms, standard contract, etc., in use), it will aim to develop the concrete application of legal rules to enable students, Touristic Operators in training, to carry out their work properly in the future.

For that reason, frequency is strongly recommended.

During lectures, the discussion of each topic of the program will be preceded by an introduction of the legal concepts necessary to understand the subject of the discussion and will be accompanied by numerous practical examples and, if possible, by the consultation of institutional websites (www.normattiva.it; www.beniculturali.it; www2.unwto.org; ...), where it is possible to find texts, data and information useful for students.

Some exercises will also be carried out to put into practice and verify the acquisition of the theoretical concepts (for example, the compilation of a S.C.I.A. to be presented to the S.U.A.P. of a Municipality for the start of a business, the preparation of an information booklet for the sale of a tourist package with the indication of the contractual conditions; ...).

I) Legal order. Sources of Italian, EU and International Law.
II) Tourism in the Italian legal system.
III) Tourism in supranational systems.
IV) Tourism and sustainability: towards an inseparable "marriage"?
V) The promotion of tourism in Italy.
VI) Introduction to the discipline of companies.
VII) Touristic companies.
VIII) Introduction to the discipline for the development of touristic activities. Introduction to administrative procedure, "S.C.I.A.", silence (significant and not) of the P.A.
IX) The accommodation facilities. The responsibility of the hotelier.
X) Tour operator and travel and tourism agency.
XI) Bathing and nautical tourism activities. Notes to the state property regime.
XII) Tourism and well-being.
XIII) Introduction to the regulation of obligations and contracts.
XIV) Tourist contracts.
IX) Tourism legislation of the Sicilian Region (study only for attending students).

Giuseppe Grisi - Salvatore Mazzamuto, Diritto del turismo, Torino, Giappichelli, 2017 - Capitoli 1, 2, 3 e 4.