M.A. Thesis:

Examining the support of the tourism industry from the point of view of intellectual property regulation

The tourism industry is the third largest source of jobs and capital after the oil and automobile industry. The industry is one of the new areas where support for intellectual property rights, including literary and artistic property, and industrial property is under way. Today, using various examples of intellectual property in the tourism industry can enhance the industry and attract more tourists so that the use of such examples as the expressions of folklore (folklore), architectural works, geo-indications and commonly used commercial and collective marks Is. Tourism, like other industries, has affiliated goods and services, and many important factors that are based on attractiveness and competitiveness (such as the tourism destination brand) are affected. This paper tries to answer the question of how intellectual property rights play a role in the protection and competitiveness of the tourism industry and whether the legal system can provide the industry with sufficient opportunities and advocacy strategies to increase productivity and competitiveness To provide fair? To answer this question, the current capacity of the system of intellectual property rights in terms of popular culture, architectural works, geographical indications, and trademarks and trademarks to support cultural and artistic tourism as well as agricultural tourism (rural), health tourism and Brand development is being .studied and analyzed

Keywords: tourism industry, intellectual property rights, collective trademarks