International Journal of Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Law The fifth additional provision contains a command for the ministry (Balearic Islands) competent in tourism so that it lays out the already mentioned strategic plan of circular destination that contains the general policy and the goals of the Government of the Balearic Islands to achieve the transition to circular economy. The sixth additional provision foresees the creation of the business public entity School of Hospitality the Balearic Islands. On the other hand, the Public Health Agency of the Balearic Islands is also created, with the sixth final provision. Furthermore, the annexes with the modification of the classification of hotel establishments, both of stars and of keys, are attached. This modification is needed, considering all the obligations included in the new rule that must be reflected in the classification of the accommodation establishments8. When reading the explanatory preamble, the constant worry of the legislator about legal security stands out. It is a very reiterated sentence: “because of legal security criteria” it is considered necessary to change, for instance, the article 23.4 of Law 8/2012, in relation with inaccuracy, falseness or omission in the documents presented in a declaration of responsibility, amongst others; the modification of the concept of full board; the creation of the role of tourist hostels, different from youth hostels (also to “grant more legal security”). In the text are stressed both the extraordinary and urgent necessity, and the reasons of legal security, repeatedly. II.- AIM OF THE RULE AND MODIFICATIONS OF THE LAW ON TOURISM IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS. 1.- IN GENERAL. The goal of this law is defined both in the first and the second article of the law: it wants to stablish urgent measures for the sustainability and circularity of tourism, already mentioned. Moreover, it intends to arrange, plan, promote, encourage, and discipline tourism and the quality of the tourist services provided in the Balearic Islands; as well as to promote sustainable and circular tourism in the framework of the Statute of Autonomy and the rest of the legal system. The Statute of Autonomy, in its article 24, states that public powers will recognise tourism as a strategic economic element, and that the planning of tourist activity must be done in a way that is compatible with respect for the environment, cultural heritage, and territory, which is linked to the modification of tourist activity proposed by the new rule9. Furthermore, article 30 establishes the arrangement and planning of tourism, tourist promotion and information, regulation and classification of companies and touristic establishments as an exclusive competence of the autonomous community. The history of tourism laws in the Balearic Islands is shifted with Law 3/2022, of 18 June, which proposes a change of direction in the tourism industry for the sake of sustainability 8 The explanatory preamble affirms that this modification is considered “of an extraordinary and urgent necessity to adjust criteria of classification to the general goals of the law, give more objectivity and certainty, eliminate legal insecurity and, in general, grant more competitivity to the tourist industry of our islands”. 9 Also, v. the preamble of Law 8/2018, of 19 July, on Tourism in the Balearic Islands.
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