CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS (ESNNA) IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM, FOR TOURISM SERVICE PROVIDERS
PREAMBLE
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR) is the governing body for tourism activity, in charge of promoting, guiding and regulating it, in order to promote its sustainable development.
Law No. 29408, General Tourism Law, establishes in its article 3, the principles of tourism activity that must be applied by public administration entities and tourism service providers.
Therefore, we establish a set of principles, behaviors and practices that allow preventing and combating ESNNA in tourism, in order to contribute to the sustainable tourism development of Peru.
The Code of Conduct aims to establish the bases for responsible behavior, as well as to reaffirm the principles, duties and general rules that tourism service providers and their workers must know and comply with, in order to prevent ESNNA in the performance of their activities.
This Code applies to tourism service providers included in Annex 1 of "Law 29408 — General Tourism Law".
III. PRINCIPLES
3.1 The best interests of children and adolescents
Children and adolescents are full subjects of rights that must be respected by the family, the State and society.
3.2 Children and adolescents as subjects of rights
This principle highlights the condition of children and adolescents as complete and respected human beings.
3.3 Sustainable tourism development
Tourism activity must improve the quality of life of local populations and strengthen their social, cultural and economic development, under equal conditions.
The tourism service provider is obliged to comply with the duties established in Law 29408 - General Tourism Law and its Regulations, paying special diligence to:
Failure to comply with the provisions of this Code will be sanctioned administratively, as appropriate, in accordance with current legal regulations.
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