Tour operator held accountable for the defective round

Supreme Arbitration Court (IAC) is required to the tour operator "Relax!" Indemnify travel agency "Express Tour", has paid compensation for the tourists to replace the hotel, said on Thursday, May 29, the newspaper Kommersant. Presidium issued a decree on May 27. Thus, the newspaper notes, recovery through the courts for damages from the tour operator for the defective tour became a reality. According to Kommersant, in October 2004, the travel agency "Express Tour" has sold a few citizens of New stays in Prague from the tour operator "Relax!". But tourists are not housed in the Prague hotel specified in the contract, and the hotel in the suburbs. They appealed to the court of general jurisdiction, who sought damages from travel agencies and non-pecuniary damages - a total of 71 thousand rubles. "Express Tour" filed in the Moscow Arbitration Court action against the operator, demanding pay this amount. March 20, 2007 the court ruled in favor of the agency, but the courts of appeal and cassation instances freed the operator from liability. The Presidium of the revised deal, upheld the decision to recover damages from the tour operator. According to the newspaper, according to judges YOU, the operator has changed the "essential terms of the agreement, qualitatively alter its subject - a place of residence and travel route, making it just before the start of the tour. Responsibility of tour operators increased significantly change in the law "About bases of tourist activity", effective 1 June 2007.

North Korean soldiers shot dead a South Korean female tourist

North Korean troops on Friday shot dead a South Korean female tourist, who was resting at a resort communist state. The incident occurred at the mountain resort of Kumgang-san, sponsored by Seoul. According to local officials, the 53-year-old tourist deepened a militarized zone and was injured in the chest and leg, of whom subsequently died. The woman's body was taken to the hospital the South Korean border town of Sokcho. Resort of Kumgang-san, the developer who made Hyundai Group, has already visited thousands of tourists from South Korea, reports France Presse. [Source]

In France, serving food unfit for consumption

Ministry of Agriculture of France stated that every four cafes, snack bars and seaside restaurants tourist cities in the country violated the rules of hygiene, or served food unfit for consumption. Violations of the rules of hygiene was found in many restaurants and eateries in the past year, but this year had to confiscate twice tainted food. Writes destinations.ru, 9,400 items of catering, of which 2,600 have at least one violation of health, said Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Michel Barnir. In addition, the sanitary inspectors had time to take out of the 550 fast food restaurants and 30 tons of tainted food before serving. Was closed due to power 37 seats for failure to comply with hygiene rules for food storage and dirty clothes of workers, according to Monica Eloi, head of the food industry in the Ministry of Agriculture. [Source]