Classification Of Accommodation Facilities (Hotels) In The Tourism Sector And Its Legal Meaning (Civil Legal Aspect)

Abstract

The paper deals with the concept, types and classification of accommodation facilities (hotels) and its legal meaning. The bases and examples of the classifica-tion of hotels and other accommodation facilities in the practice of different coun-tries are given, international acts and legislation are investigated, in which the di-vision of hotels into species is fixed. The author concludes that the classification of hotels and other accommodation facilities is important for the legal regulation of relations between organizations offering tourist products and tourists, as well as between tour operators, travel agents and accommodation facilities them-selves. The article emphasizes that as a defining component of a tourist product characterized by a double nature - non-property content (namely, accommoda-tion in the hotel, perception of its atmosphere, etc.), in combination with the property «form» of embodiment (the hotel as a complex of material components), the means of accommodation affect both the quality of travel services, and the general perception of the tourist so-called «free resources», which does not de-prive them of the quality of goods to meet the tourist needs.