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Tourism Law

Code: 107766 ECTS Credits: 6
2025/2026
Degree Type Year
Tourism FB 1

Contact

Name:
Josep Bru Sánchez
Email:
josep.bru@uab.cat

Teachers

Sabina Niubó Clavé

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

To study this subject, no prior knowledge is required other than that acquired during high school or, where applicable, during higher education vocational training courses.

Objectives and Contextualisation

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the importance of law in the field of tourism from both public and private perspectives, as well as to provide general knowledge of the regulatory status of the sector in Catalonia and Spain.

Learning Outcomes

  1. CM12 (Competence) Adapt the management of tourism companies to the legal regulations applicable to the tourism sector.
  2. CM13 (Competence) Design tourism projects applying the basic principles of tourism contracting autonomously.
  3. KM15 (Knowledge) Identify the basic legal principles of the tourism sector.
  4. KM16 (Knowledge) Identify the contractual obligations applicable to the tourism sector.
  5. SM19 (Skill) Apply the basics of contracting to solve use cases based on different areas of business management.
  6. SM20 (Skill) Use appropriate legal language in the communication of contractual aspects in tourism management.

Content

Lesson 1. Law and Legal Regulations
										
											
										
											Lesson 2. Obligations and Contracts
										
											
										
											Lesson 3. Employment Contracts
										
											
										
											Lesson 4. Private Tourism Law: Tourism Contracts
										
											
										
											Lesson 5. Public Tourism Law: Tourism Administration and its Functions

Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Master classes 50 2 CM12, CM13, KM15, KM16, SM19, SM20, CM12
Type: Supervised      
Team works 10 0.4 KM16, SM19, KM16
Type: Autonomous      
Practical assumptions 10 0.4 CM12, CM13, SM20, CM12 

The syllabus provided by the instructor will constitute the core material for the course. Reading, studying, and working on it will be absolutely necessary to achieve the course objectives.
										
											
										
											As a complement, a course-specific manual is included in the bibliography as a tool for further exploration of the content presented and discussed in class.
										
											
										
											Classes will be taught by combining theoretical explanations with exercises that will put the acquired knowledge into practice.
										
											
										
											For optimal results, theoretical explanations will be complemented with illustrative examples to ensure students achieve a clear and demonstrable understanding of the concepts studied.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Evaluation 1 25% 10 0.4 CM12, KM15, KM16
Evaluation 2 25% 10 0.4 KM15, KM16, SM19
Evaluation 3 25% 10 0.4 CM12, KM16, SM20
Practical assumptions 12,50% 30 1.2 CM13, SM19, SM20
Team works 12,50% 20 0.8 CM12, CM13, SM19, SM20

The evaluation of the subject will be carried out in two ways: Through a continuous evaluation, and for those students who request it, through a single evaluation.
 
- Continuous evaluation:
 
There will be a partial exam during the week of October 27 to 31, which will include all the syllabus explained from the beginning of the course until the week before this test.
 
In December, there will be another partial exam, which will include all the syllabus explained until the week of December 1 to 5.
 
In January there will be a final partial exam, which all students must take, with a differentiated exam depending on whether or not they have passed the partial exams of October and December. Students who have passed these two partial exams will only have to answer the syllabus corresponding to this third partial.
 
- Single Assessment:
 
If the student has requested Single Assessment, they will have to take a final exam that will include questions from the entire course syllabus, in addition to the activities determined by the professor.
 
For students who have not passed the subject in any of the described modalities, they will have the opportunity to take a retake exam where they can recover the entire subject, or part of it (in the event that they have passed one part and failed another). In any case, to be able to take this retake exam, it is only required to have a failing grade.
 
The grade for the subject will be NON-ASSEMBLYABLE when the student attends less than half of the assessment activities and/or does not attend the final exam.

Bibliography

  • GONZÁLEZ CABRERA, I. y GOSÁLBEZ PEQUEÑO, H. (Dirs.) (2024), Manual de Derecho del Turismo, Barcelona, Atelier.
  • PÉREZ GUERRA, RAÚL, CEBALLOS MARTÍ, MARÍA MATILDE i altres (2018), Dret de les activitas turístiques, Barcelona, UOC.

Software

Not applicable.

Groups and Languages

Name Group Language Semester Turn
(TE) Theory 1 Spanish first semester morning-mixed
(TE) Theory 2 English first semester morning-mixed