International Law and Tourism: an introduction

Abstract

This article aims to reflect on the interfaces between tourism and international law. The law, as a regulator of social conflicts, is present in this process under the aspect of international tourism law, in addition to the directives of the agreements signed by Brazil that establish a provision related to tourism. A theoretical reflection and bibliographical review were used as method, based on some references of the legal doctrine that deal with international law and its relationship with tourism. The results of this study indicate that there is an intrinsic relationship between international law and tourism due to the advances in transportation, the globalization process with internationalization of the economy and culture, and, above all, the expansion of human rights and their protection by international law bodies. The conclusion of this study indicates that there is a lack of theoretical production on this theme, by legal professionals and tourism scholars. In this context, this article can be considered a contribution to the debate in academia.