Sustainable Tourism Law

230 SUSTAINABLE TOURISM LAW feasibility study on the proposal for a draft agreement on cooperation and access to justice for international tourists 98 . More generally, considering the overall scenario the draft International Convention refers to, it seems appropriate to reflect on the efficacy and the effectiveness of the level of protection provided to tourists – from time to time called “consumer”, “guest”, “passenger”, “tourist”, “voyagers”, “visitors” – in relation to the different guidelines applicable to package travel, tourism services and individual services sold or offered for sale on the travel and holidays market. As determined by the UNWTO General Assembly during the 22nd biennial 2017 session, therefore, the Working Party will continue the discussion on the content of the draft Convention and submit proposals to the General Secretariat, focusing on the organization of more bilateral and multilateral meetings, in order to achieve a maximum degree of consensus on the fundamental issues still being explored 99 . VI. THE “SUSTAINABILITY” OF TOURISM LAW In conclusion, having considered the fragmentation of the related legal framework and the risks of overlapping between different discipline interventions, it seems the right choice to question the value and the significance of tourism regulations at international, European, and national level. The “sustainability” itself of the legal framework in tourism, even if limited to tourist protection during emergency situations and to the discipline of travel packages and accommodation contracts, can also be assessed under the basic perspective of economic analysis of the rights, in order to check which might be the real impact of the Draft International Convention on economy and on the social system. Focusing on sustainability, the legal reference is firstly Resolution A/RES/70/1 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2015, 98 See HCCH Conseil sur les affaires générales et la politique de la Conférence, Projet relatif à une éventuelle future Convention sur la coopération et l’accès à la justice au profit des touristes internationaux (projet Tourisme) , del 3 marzo 2017, ed il suo Annesso “ Preliminary Report. Study on the desirability and feasibility of further work on the Proposal on a Draft Convention on Co-operation and Access to Justice for International Tourists ”. 99 See Resolution A/RES/686(XXII), recalled at the beginning of this article, with which the General Secretariat was appointed to continue with the drafting of the “ Convention on the Protection of Tourists and on the Rights and Obligations of Tourism Service Providers ”.