التـنـظـيــم القـانـونــي للمـعـرض الـسـيــاحـــي ( دراسـة مقـارنــة )

Legal Regulation of the Tourism Exhibition ( A Comparative Study )

Tourism exhibition is one of the commercial activities that appeared in Iraq and most Arab countries recently, which enjoy many tourist and natural sites, and at the same time suffer from a lack of good investment in these places throughout the year. And also as a result of the global interest in tourism as one of the commercial activities that can be relied upon to maximize financial resources, attract foreign currency and employ the workforce, this activity has become competitive with well-known commercial activities such as industry due to the abundant financial returns it achieves .
Accordingly, it is noted that most countries have begun to innovate the necessary means to stimulate tourism throughout the year. Among the important means to stimulate tourism and attract tourists is organizing exhibitions specializing in tourism products in those countries during specific seasons of the year , The purpose of organizing it is to stimulate tourism by informing the consumer public of the tourist attractions available in that country and the services it provides related to tourism activity , Also, organizing the tourism exhibition in the sponsoring country is considered a tourism event that attracts the public of visitors to it during the period of organization.
As a result of the importance of the tourism exhibition from both the scientific and practical perspectives, it is noted that the Iraqi legislative system is weak in dealing with the provisions of this activity compared to most countries that have taken effective steps in dealing with its provisions. Therefore, we find the inadequacy of the legislation in dealing with the concept of the tourism exhibition, as well as stating its legal provisions and the mechanism for resolving disputes that may arise because of it. If we notice the presence of a foreign element in organizing this exhibition, which increases the complexity of dealing with the legal provisions related to it, we will therefore examine in this thesis the concept of the tourism exhibition and then show its legal provisions according to Iraqi law and comparative laws, addressing the most important weaknesses and shortcomings in Iraqi law.