Tourism Tidbits: Dealing With Legal Issues

Dr. Peter Tarlow | October 16, 2023

By Dr. Peter Tarlow The Tourism/Visitor industry is one of the world's great industries. Large industries also mean that great deals of money can be involved.  The tourism industry spends a great deal of money on promotions and marketing campaigns.  Because many people assume that large tourism businesses also have deep pockets, in litigious societies such as the United States, there are also multiple lawsuits and/or other legal problems.  Often local convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs) or tourism offices are unaware of their own nation's laws and obligations.  This ignorance of the law can be very costly.  It is for this reas...