Course
| code | BM232 |
| credit_hours | 3 |
| title | Hotel and Tourism Legislation |
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| prequisites | EW331 |
| credit hours | 3 |
| Description/Outcomes | This course serves as an introduction to tourism legislations and law?s governing the industry. It introduces the tourism establishments? definitions, classification, licensing, obligations, and exemptions according to the Egyptian Law. It presents the Tourism Chambers and the travel agencies classifications, licensing and obligations according to the Egyptian Law. It explores the Tourism Promotion Association and the tour guide functions and the Tour Guiding Syndicate. Then, it explains the relationship between the hotel and public authorities and the relation between the hotel and its guests. It discusses the hotel privilege and the privileges of the Guests. It also tackles laws regulating the entrance, accommodation and departure of foreign tourists. It defines frontiers formalities, procedures and their importance in tourism and the tourism facilities and their limitations. Topics include regulation of Tourism Security, necessity of Tourism Insurance, facilities offered by government to the tourism industry and the International Tourism Organizations. |
| arabic Description/Outcomes | |
| objectives | Understand the tourism legislation and the laws governing the industry.
Know the differences between the tourism establishments, tourism chambers and the international tourism organizations.
Explain the relationships between the hotels and the different sectors
Understand the necessity of tourism insurance. |
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| objective set | bullets |
| content set | combined |
Course Content
| content serial |
Description |
| 1 |
Tourism Legislation
Introduction to tourism legislation
Laws governing the tourism industry
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| 2 |
The Tour Guide
Functions
The tour guiding syndicate
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| 3 |
The Tourism Establishments according to the Egyptian Law
Definitions
Classification
Licensing
Obligations
Exemptions
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| 4 |
The relationship between the Hotel and Public Authorities
Licensing
The hotel submission to inspections by the ministries of health, tourism and interior affairs-
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| 5 |
The Tourism Chambers
Roles and functions
Federation of tourism chambers
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| 6 |
The relation between the Hotel and its Guests according to International Hotel Agreement and the Egyptian Law
Accommodation contracts
Reciprocal rights and obligations
The hotel privilege and the privileges of the guests
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| 7 |
The Travel Agencies according to the Egyptian Law
Classifications
Licensing
Obligations
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| 8 |
Other Legal Aspects of Tourism Activities
Laws regulating the entrance, accommodation and departure of foreign tourists
Defining frontiers formalities, procedures and their importance in tourism
Tourism facilities and their limitations
Regulation of tourism security
Necessity of tourism insurance
Facilities offered by government to the tourism industry
International tourism organizations
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| 9 |
The Tourism Promotion Association
Board of the association
Roles and functions
Members
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| 10 |
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| 11 |
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| 12 |
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| 13 |
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| 14 |
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| 15 |
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| 16 |
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