On 30 November and 1 December, the First International Seminar on Tourism Law will be held, organized jointly by the University of Salamanca, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Sorbonne University.
During this first edition, the Seminar will analyse the two-year period since the entry into force of the International Code for the Protection of Tourists (ICPT), an unprecedented legal instrument created under the leadership of the UNWTO during the pandemic.
Since its inception, the Code has been promoted as a key instrument to restore confidence in international travel, by, on the one hand, providing a secure framework for travellers and protecting their rights as consumers, and, on the other hand, creating standards of action and response in the tourism sector in the event of any emergency, not only in pandemics. Thus, the Code is presented as a tool for governments, as well as public and private actors, to which 22 countries around the world have…
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