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27 tourists from China were abandoned in Iceland. What kind of punishment was given to the travel society involved?

According to the provisions of Articles 69 and 70 of the Tourism Law, travel agencies shall perform their obligations in accordance with the package tour contract and shall not change the travel itinerary without authorization. On the premise of fulfilling the conditions, if the tourist refuses to perform the contract after making a request, causing serious consequences such as personal injury and detention of the tourist, the tourist may ask the travel agency to pay compensation of more than one time and less than three times the travel expenses.

Twenty-seven tourists were abandoned by the local travel agency, and the news of staying in the Icelandic embassy attracted extensive media attention, which had a great adverse impact on the tourism market. Blue Holiday, which participated in this dispute, was also brought to court by another participant, Ruijing Holiday, demanding that Blue Holiday pay the tour group 400,000 yuan and the interest owed. Hongkou court accepted the case according to law and has now closed the case. ?

Hongkou court ruled in the first instance that Blue Holiday paid 380,000 yuan and the corresponding overdue interest for Ruijing Holiday. Blue Holiday appealed the first-instance judgment. Shanghai No.2 Intermediate People's Court rejected the appeal and upheld the original judgment. The court held that the package tour entrustment contract signed by Ruijing Holiday and Blue Holiday Shanghai Branch is a true expression of the meaning of both parties and has legal effect and binding force. Blue Holiday Shanghai Branch breached the contract.

According to the provisions of the Tourism Law, if tourists are organized to travel free of charge during the Ruijing holiday, they should ensure that the outbound tourists return safely after successfully completing all the tours. The safety of tourists should not be ignored, and overseas local institutions should be allowed to give up tourism at will, which will have adverse effects. As a result, both sides made mistakes in this incident. Travel agencies are "travel agencies that sign package travel contracts with tourists" and local travel agencies are "travel agencies entrusted by travel agencies to entertain tourists at tourist destinations". In this case, the reason for "breaking up" is also the economic deadlock between the organization and the local institutions.