A Tourism Professionals Handbook on Ethical, Legal and Regulatory Aspects

Contents: 1. Ethics and its Significance in Tourism. 2. Ethical Parameters and its Impact on the Tourism Industry. 3. Acts and Regulations Pertaining to Eco-tourism. 4. Regulations on Adventure Tourism in India. 5. Regulations Associated with the Business of Hospitality. 6. Regulations and Regulatory Bodies on Heritage Preservation. 7. Code of Comunidade and the Impact of Tenancy Act in Goa. 8. Regulations on Conducting Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions and Other Events. 9. Regulations Related to Information and Communication Technology and its Application in Tourism. 10. Regulations Related to Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations. 11. Regulations Related to Social Justice. 12. Regulations Related to Travel Agency, Air Travel, and International Conventions. 13. Regulations Related to Recreational Flying and the Governing Bodies. 14. Regulations Related to Starting up a Non-government Organisation. 15. Regulations Related to Travel Emergencies and Insurance. 16. CSR Activities in the Tourism Industry.

In a world where morality and morals are frequently debated, people may talk yet not be empathetic to wrong doings and social injustice. Apathy can be a result of constant exposure to tragedies or just getting used to injustice. Tourism, a service based industry, involves working with people and serving tourist whatever their typology may be.

Ethics thrives in a man-made environment. To ensure that the organisation is ethical, it is important to be aware of the rules, guidelines and regulations associated with its environment, and to illustrate this further, we can see it as a relationship between a tourism employee, its employer and the organisation. (jacket)