Tourism Law in Europe

3 2006/123/EC into national law (GG Β´ 108 03-02-2011). A significant legal act in the field of tourism is Law No. 3498/2006 “Development of thermal tourism and other provisions” (GG Α΄ 230 24-10-2006), as amended by later laws (e.g. Law No. 4049/2012 “Confronting spectator violence in stadiums, doping in sport, match-fixing and other provisions” (GG Α´ 35 23-02-2012). It was followed by Law No. 3766/2009 “Operational arrangement of tourist accommodation establishments, guides and other provisions” (GG Α΄ 102 01-07-2009). Provisions on tourism are also found in Law No. 4070/2012 “Regulations on electronic communication, transportation, public works and other provisions” (GG Α΄ 82 10-04-2012) and Law No. 4582/2018 “Thematic tourism – Special forms of tourism – Regulations for modernising the legal framework in the field of tourism and tourism education – Aiding tourism entrepreneurship and other provisions” (GG Α´ 208 11-12-2018). II. The Non-Existence of a Greek Tourism Code Tourism is by nature a horizontal activity and a scientific approach at the legal level is complex, as the sector is associated with all areas of law, in particular administrative law, civil law, labour law, corporate law, consumer protection law or even penal law. It is a multidisciplinary field, broad in content, drawing from a multitude of sources and influences. This plurality of law specialities, coupled with the conceptual complexity of tourism, has stirred discussions on whether tourism law constitutes a separate field of practice or a set of rules taken from the other branches of traditional domestic and international law. In other words, the question at hand is if tourism law comprises a set of rules of its own or simply adopts rules from the other branches of law and, therefore, is not really an autonomous area of law, but rather a mosaic of rules originating in other branches of law. In Greece, the regulatory material framing tourism, from both a supply and demand perspective, is “open”, scattered and uncodified, spanning almost all branches of – mostly – public law and private law. At the same time, we also have international and EU law, which is yet to be systematised. Despite the attempts made by legal practitioners and academics to modernise legislation concerning tourism and codify administrative acts,