Tourism Law in Europe

24 sports, educational, culinary, social (participating in public events), business (visiting objects or events of professional importance), religious (visiting holy places), medical (for medical purposes), extreme, rural tourism, and more. Tourism can also be divided according to the form of organisation – organised (group travel according to the programme consisting of the tourism company organising them) and unorganised (independent, often by own transport or on foot) (Ministry of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania, 2021). Article 3 of the Law on Tourism of the Republic of Lithuania provides for the following types of tourism services: travel organisation services (includes an organised tourist trip and a set of tourism services) and other tourism services (including tourist information services and accommodation services). Tourism services are also considered to be services that form a package of tourism services in accordance with the Law on Tourism of the Republic of Lithuania, i.e. passenger transport services (all types of transport); rental services of cars, motorcycles or other motor vehicles; accommodation services which are not an integral part of passenger transport and which are provided under contracts for tourism services specified in this Law. The Lithuanian Tourism Development Programme for 2014–2020 distinguishes: Sustainable tourism – tourism that protects the natural and cultural environment and respects the principles of sustainable development (The Lithuanian Tourism Development Programme for 2014–2020). Lithuania is also implementing the guidelines for sustainable tourism development, which set out the goals of sustainable tourism development, achievable results, promotion priorities and measures. It is a document of a recommendatory nature, the main goal of which is to increase the competitiveness of the Lithuanian tourism sector by integrating the principles of sustainable development into the tourism sector (Lithuanian Sustainable Tourism Development Guidelines, Bružaitė V., Šadeikaitė G., 2017). Cultural tourism – tourism to get to know the cultural environment, landscapes, cultural and natural heritage, traditions, unique local way of life, to see works of fine and performing arts, to attend cultural events, to participate in entertainment activities. Cultural tourism consists of visiting cultural heritage sites (castles, churches, monasteries, old towns, museums, art