Legal System of Tour Guide Contract in Iraq

Abstract

Realizing the importance of tourism as an economic source for the country, the legislature has made serious efforts to regulate the entities responsible for such activity in order to attract tourists. This includes making organization of tourist trips and related services limited to certain business: tourism offices and companies; and working on preparing experienced, competent individuals who escort and guide tourists to tourism sites, known as tour guides. Tourism offices and such guides collaborate to guide their clients through an agreement known as “tour guide contract”, legal system of which under Iraqi law is examined in this paper.