Sustainable Tourism Law

THE GLOBAL CODE OF ETHICS FOR TOURISM 395 the effective follow-up of its provisions. Although not legally binding, the Code features a voluntary implementation mechanism through its recognition of the role of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics (WCTE), to which stakeholders may refer matters concerning the application and interpretation of the document. To facilitate the understanding of the principles of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism by tourists themselves, a more user-friendly text and format of the leaflet “The Responsible Tourist and Traveller” (2005), was prepared by the World Committee on Tourism Ethics. Prepared on the occasion of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, the “Tips for a Responsible Traveller” (2017) brochure highlights the principles of the Code directly related to tourists, in order to help guide travellers to adopt an even more responsible behaviour. When we examined the report of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics regarding the activities carried out by the Committee during the period from June 2015 to June 2017, what we can observe should warrant appreciation for the Chair and members of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics for the efforts deployed in streamlining the promotion and the implementation of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism. Article 7 analyses the right to tourism, and also how the universal right to tourism must be regarded as the corollary of the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays: 1. The prospect of direct and personal access to the discovery and enjoyment of the planet’s resources constitutes a right equally open to all the world’s inhabitants; the increasingly extensive participation in national and international tourism should be regarded as one of the best possible expressions of the sustained growth of free time, and obstacles should not be placed in its way; 2. The universal right to tourism must be regarded as the corollary of the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay, guaranteed by Article 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 7.d of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; 3. Social tourism, and in particular associative tourism, which facilitates widespread access to leisure, travel and holidays, should be developed with the support of the public authorities; 4. Family, youth, student and senior tourism and tourism for people with disabilities should be encouraged and facilitated.