Tourism Law in Europe

16 The Law on Tourism of the Republic of Lithuania determines the principles of organisation of tourism services, the provision of tourism services and protects rights of tourists as well as competence of state and municipal institutions in the area of tourism. Part 18 of Article 2 of the Law on Tourism of the Republic of Lithuania determines that organised travel means a combination of at least two different tourism services – transportation, accommodation, which is an integral part of transportation and it is not for the purpose of the permanent residence, rent of car, motorcycle or other motor vehicle and other services inseparable from tourism services identified in this part. This type of combination is made according to the provisions determined in the Part 1 of Article 4 of the Law on Tourism of the Republic of Lithuania. Under this Law (Article 4) combination of tourism services is considered to be organised travel if it meets the determined provisions, which are the following: 1) one tour organiser combines tourism services before awarding the contract under the request of the tourist or after taking into consideration his choice; 2) despite the fact that whether separate contracts are entered with different suppliers of tourism services, tourism services shall meet at least one of the following conditions: a) the tourist is able to select the service and the service can be acquired in single point of sale before the traveller agrees to pay; b) services are offered, sold or charged at an inclusive or total price; c) such services are advertised or sold under the term “organised tourist journey”, ‘package’ or under a similar term; d) travel services combined after the conclusion of a contract by which a trader entitles a traveller to choose among a selection of different types of travel services; and e) a combination of travel services acquired from different tourism service providers while using linked online system should be considered to be a package where the traveller’s name, payment details and e-mail address are transmitted between the traders and where another contract is concluded at the latest 24 hours after the booking of the first travel service is confirmed.