LAW 190 OF 13 DECEMBER 2023 ON TOURIST GUIDES the tourism industry. In fact travel agencies, tour operators, and any other intermediaries are prohibited from using, even through the use of digital platforms, individuals who are not registered in the national list for the performance of activities typical of tourist guides. This makes it mandatory to indicate the registration number in the national list of the tourist guide providing the service. This requirement will, therefore, enhance the list of informational obligations to be provided to the traveler purchasing an allinclusive package, as established by Article 34, pre-contractual information obligations, of the Tourism Code. 5. CONCLUSIONS The recent law on tour guides must be evaluated positively not only for having clarified an unclear and complex discipline but especially for having created it. The normative vacuum that arose following the reform of Title V of the Constitution, with the attribution of legislative competencies in the field of tourist professions to the State, together with the complex relationship with European legislation, had created a stalemate to the disadvantage of aspiring guides, who for years could not access the qualification procedures. Indeed, thanks also to community regulations, we found ourselves facing a nationalized guide, regulated by regional laws. The provision in question, therefore, intervened with the aim of defining a uniform professional system and a homogeneous standard of performance levels, as well as a tool to combat illegal practices. It is the result of collaboration between the legislator and various representatives of the profession, whose requests have been duly taken into account. The result is an expansion of the operational scope of guides, with strengthened competencies and knowledge (extended at the national level), including linguistic skills that are now indispensable. Simultaneously, they are assigned a role in guaranteeing and educating the public about the preservation of cultural heritage. Thus, the guide seems to officially become the ultimate tourism profession, actively ensuring the protection of the heritage it illustrates. However, the levelling of competencies among national guides, which would place them all on the same level, is immediately undermined by the introduction of specializations. It is with these specializations that guides can hope to have a competitive advantage, at least within their specific expertise. However, the risk is evident. Considering the history of these professionals, who were never truly free in the past to work throughout the national territory, it is crucial that
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