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Chapter 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
(1) As part of legislation governing commercial activities, this law lays down special rules applicable to tourist and leisure activities.
(2) It seeks to contribute towards:
- developing the economy;
- ensuring the emergence of a competitive tourist and leisure private sector;
- promoting the national culture;
- fostering national integration and the intermixing of peoples;
- protecting and safeguarding national tourist and cultural values as well as the environment;
- promoting well-being and individual development;
- developing the cultural and natural heritage for tourism and leisure purposes;
- ensuring universal access to leisure;
- and promoting healthy and educative leisure.
Article 2
(1) This law shall apply to any activity which contributes towards providing accommodation and catering services, satisfying the needs of persons travelling either for their pleasure or professional reasons and providing leisure services or any activity organized simply for entertainment purposes.
(2) The activity referred to in subsection (1) above must be for tourism or leisure-related reasons, notably:
- the organization of tours and holidays;
- the construction, extension, transformation or operation of a tourist establishment;
- the development, operation or protection of a tourist site;
- the development, construction, extension or operation of a recreational facility;
- the organization of a holiday or leisure;
- the organization of socio~cultural events for leisure.
Article 3
Within the meaning of this law and its implementing instruments, the following definitions shall apply:
Leisure activity: physical, recreational, sporting, cultural, intellectual or scientific activity organized solely for relaxation, entertainment and capacity building;
Holiday activity: activity organized during holidays to entertain youths and children through healthy and educational leisure;
Tourist agency: any enterprise set up by a natural or legal person to organize and directly and habitually sell to the public, for a fixed amount or on a commission basis, individual or group tours and holidays as well as any allied activity;
Approval: document required by law to engage in tourist guide and recreation facilitator activities;
Recreation facilitator: any person with references and professional skills, approved by the competent Ministry, to carry out leisure activities;
Furnished apartment: an apartment with facilities, that is hired out by the owner to a customer for a specific duration;
Authorization: document required by law to construct, transform, extend and operate a tourist establishment, a leisure facility or to organize a holiday and recreational activity;
Classification: regulatory categorization according to preestablished standards in the hotel, tourism and leisure sector;
Leisure complex: developed geographical area owned by a natural or legal person where several leisure activities of various types take place such as entertainment, hotel and catering, shops or services and sporting or relaxation activities;
Leisure establishment: commercial structure offering to the public leisure services, notably music amusements and various recreational activities. It may sell light meals and beverages. It may be standing aione or incorporated into a hotel or leisure complex.
Tourist establishment: enterprise set up by a natural or legal person to provide accommodation and catering services to the public;
Classified tourist or leisure establishment: enterprise meeting the classification standards in the tourism and leisure sector;
Unclassified tourist or leisure establishment: enterprise not meeting the classification standards in the tourism and leisure sector;
Tourist guide: person with references and professional skills, approved by the Ministry in charge of tourism and leisure who, on a full or part-time basis, is responsible for accompanying tourists visiting monuments, museums and tourist sites, or any other tourist attractions, while providing them with any useful information and explanations;
Leisure facility: built-on or non-built-on area designed to host leisure and/or holiday facilities and activities. Leisure facilities comprise leisure establishments, leisure parks and holiday and leisure centres;
Licence: document required by law to operate an entity for organizing tours and holidays.
Recreation instructor: any person with professional references and skills, approved by the competent authority, for carrying out a specific leisure activity;
Tourist office: any corporate body set up by a local and regional authority for the development and promotion of tourism;
Leisure park: developed enclosed recreational area comprising various types of attractions. Leisure parks comprise amusement parks and recreational parks;
Tourist site: any natural landscape or artificial national resource of cultural, aesthetic, historic, scientific, legendary and artistic value used and conserved for tourism purposes;
Tourist station: locality founded and operated by public authorities or a private body that promotes holidays and recreational activities for people coming for a brief stay.
Tour and holiday organizing entity: a tourist agency or, as the case may be, a tour operator.
Tourist board: tourist association responsible for receiving and informing the public locally.
Tour operator: enterprise set up by a natural or legal person to design and prepare tourist products in a habitual manner and to sell them to the public directly or indirectly and for a fixed amount or on a commission basis.
Charter flights: non-scheduled public air transport services for tourists.