China’s official document clarifies that “who will share the costs of staying in travel due to the epidemic”

　　China News Service, Beijing, July 29 (Reporter Zhang Su) The new crown pneumonia epidemic has had a huge impact on the tourism industry. For this reason, the Supreme People’s Court of China, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism jointly issued a document to properly handle travel contracts involving the epidemic in accordance with the law. Provisions for disputes.

　　The reporter obtained this judicial document from the Supreme Law on the 29th, and noted that it clearly stated that “If tourists are stranded due to the epidemic or epidemic prevention and control measures, the tour operator shall take corresponding reasonable resettlement measures. Therefore, the increased cost of board and lodging is covered by the tourist The additional return costs shall be borne by the tour operator and the tourists.”

　　This judicial document proposes to "carefully terminate the travel contract" and states that if the tour operator or tourist does not agree on the change of the travel contract and requests the cancellation of the travel contract, the party requesting the cancellation of the travel contract should provide evidence to prove the epidemic or epidemic prevention and control The measures have caused obstacles to the performance of the contract, and the counterparty of the contract has been notified within the contractual or reasonable period.

　　Judicial documents require that, in light of the actual situation of disputes, accurately grasp the causal relationship between the epidemic or epidemic prevention and control measures and the failure to perform the travel contract, and actively guide the parties to adjust the rights and obligations agreed in the contract within a reasonable range, including the extension of the contract , Replace with other tourism products, or transfer the rights and obligations in the tourism contract to a third party and other contract changes and transfers to help tourism companies resume work and production.

　　According to the Supreme Law, the court will open up a green channel for travel contract dispute litigation, use online litigation platforms, and small-amount quick judgment procedures to realize the rapid establishment, rapid trial, and rapid settlement of epidemic-related travel contract cases.

　　In the middle of this month, Chinese officials clearly resumed cross-provincial (regional, municipal) group tour, and inbound and outbound tourism business will not resume temporarily. (Finish)