tie a safety responsibility rope to secret exploration
2024-09-04
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original title: tie the safety responsibility rope to secret exploration
li yingfeng
in recent years, niche travel such as "secret places" and "wild luxury" has been very popular, attracting many tourists to go on outdoor adventures. little do people know that outdoor adventures such as deep pits, wild mountains, and secret caves pose many unknown risks to ordinary people. last year, mr. zhao from beijing saw the promotion of related activities on the wechat public account operated by a travel agency and signed up to participate. he fell rapidly while descending the "most beautiful tiankeng", resulting in multiple fractures throughout his body. he was identified as a grade nine disability. as negotiations on compensation failed, mr. zhao sued the travel agency and the tour leader ms. zhang to the court, claiming medical expenses, mental consolation money, etc. totaling more than 840,000 yuan. recently, the case was concluded in the people's court of fangshan district, beijing. tourists, tour leaders, and travel agencies all need to pay for their respective negligence. (see "legal daily" on september 1)
outdoor adventures are so popular because they are mysterious and exciting, and can bring tourists a fresher and more personalized travel experience. but the other side of excitement is danger. off-roading in places where few people go is often more dangerous. if the relevant parties are blind, casual, lucky, and negligent in route development, business management, auxiliary services, consumer selection, etc., the danger of outdoor adventures will be further magnified.
the "provisions of the supreme people's court on several issues concerning the application of law in the trial of tourism dispute cases" stipulates: if tourism operators and tourism auxiliary service providers fail to fulfill their safety guarantee obligations, causing personal injury or property loss to tourists, and the tourists request the tourism operators and tourism auxiliary service providers to bear liability, the people's courts shall support them.
this case is very representative and also points to the high risk of outdoor adventures. according to the "2023 china outdoor adventure accident report" released by the china exploration association, according to incomplete statistics, there were 425 outdoor adventure accidents in 2023, resulting in 156 deaths and 26 missing persons. these outdoor adventure accidents not only harm the lives and health of tourists, but also easily lead to tourism disputes, causing tourism operators and tourism auxiliary service providers to pay high subsequent liability costs.
there are risks in exploring secret places, so you need to be cautious when organizing a tour group. tourism operators or outdoor adventure organizers, and tourism auxiliary service providers must actively fulfill their responsibilities in outdoor adventure route planning, safety equipment and measures, safety education management, risk warnings, etc. tourists also need to make safety assessments based on their own abilities, participate in outdoor adventure activities with caution, and operate in strict accordance with safety regulations and management requirements.
all parties involved in outdoor adventures such as secret realm expeditions should calculate the responsibilities in advance and fasten the "safety responsibility rope" so as to effectively ensure that this small but beautiful emerging tourism product, outdoor adventure, is safer.
source: china workers network-workers daily
