Holiday vacation is an
interesting topic to discuss, especially when school holidays is just around the corner. For those who already married, they may be wondering which holiday
destination that best suit their mood to renew their vow and exchange anniversary
gifts. For the professionals, selecting an interesting destination either for
business meeting, corporate conference, job promotion course or signing commercial agreement is very
important since the nice and peaceful environment does, to some extent, carries
some unexplained influential factors that may lead to the successfulness of
their carrier.
We have to admit the fact
that after long hours on computer and tight working schedule, people need
something special either to refresh their mind from stress or to reward
themselves or to further motivate themselves. One way to temporarily put an end
to our busy working cycle is to simply have a short holiday vacation. It can be
an international holiday vacation or the domestic one. Long time ago, people
thought that having a holiday trip and stay in a hotel room are only meant for
those who can afford luxury life style. Nowadays, with the increase in holiday trip promotion throughout the media and high level of competition among the operators in the industry, the way how people think has changed and now,
holiday vacation has nearly becomes a need, for at least, once a year. In fact,
there are many types of tourism to list - medical tourism, space tourism, sex
tourism, wildlife tourism, geotourism, rural tourism, extreme tourism,
archeological tourism, shark tourism, atomic tourism, militarism heritage
tourism, religious tourism and a lot of them.
For the Government, the
importance of tourism sector for the continuous economic growth cannot be disputed. Reliance
on natural resources such as petroleum and gas is bound to diminishing returns in
the future. For the business minded persons, tourism sector provides wide range of opportunites for lucrative income – by becoming a tourist guide, tour operator, travel
agent, running a homestay, resort or hotel: from whom the Government collecting revenue and annual retention for every license, permit, certificate, grant or notice issued. With the complexity and legal issues surrounding the industry, tourism law or its alternate name, travel law is a new area in litigation profile that cross jurisdictions. Type of claims may cover breach of holiday contract resulting from misrepresentation of package holiday advertisement, tort of negligence of holiday operators, claim for physical injuries sustained during the vacation, non-pecuniary loss for cancelled holiday vacation, flight delays, etc. Other international issues may includes international safety and security issues, citing bombing tragedy in Bali, tsunami in Japan, as well as Katrina hurricane in the USA.
In the near future, I
will share more information pertaining to the common players in the tourism industry, what
are your rights as a tourist a.k.a a consumer under the law, how to protect
yourself against dishonest operators and how to avoid from being cheated, how to
file and pursue your claims against errant operators in the tribunal for consumer claim or
small claims court, relevant tips and useful guides for domestic and
international holiday vacation, what are the safety measures or necessary precaution
when natural disaster struck during your holiday vacation, what is responsible tourism and ethical issues surrounding tourism industry, etc.
Next post:
1. Tourist
Guide, Travel Agent, Tour Operator: Who Are They?
2. Ruined
Holiday Vacation: What are the possible nightmares that awaits?
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