CONTENTS 15 1. The Coronavirus is Entering Baltic States; 2. A State of Emergency; 3. Tourism Industry in Latvia; 4. Temporary State Aid; 5. Conclusions. Rebekah Tanti-Dougall COVID-19 and the Rights of Organisers: The Maltese Perspective 217 1. The Legal Framework in Malta transposing the Package Travel Directive; 2. The situation in the EU brought about by COVID-19; 3. To what extent the Maltese law, transposing the Package Travel Directive, was amended in Malta to assist organisers during COVID-19?; 4. What other amendments could have been carried out in Maltese law to assist the organiser?; 5. What kind of vouchers should be offered to the traveller?; 6. Refunds versus Vouchers – the relationship between the organiser and the traveller and the organiser and a third party provider; 7. The Maltese Insolvency Fund Legal Framework: Protection of travellers versus the possibility of insolvency of organisers; 8. Conclusion. Inmaculada González Cabrera Collaborative Tourism Activities as a Response to the Crisis Generated in the Tourism Sector by the COVID-19 225 I. Introduction; II. Collaborative Tourism Activities as a Preliminary Issue; II.1. Transport and Accommodation as Basic Elements of Tourism; II.2. The Qualification of “Collaborative”; III. Accommodation Activities; III.1. Legal Nature; III.1.1. Business accommodation platforms (Airbnb, Homeaway, etc.); III.1.2. Hospitality consumption platforms (Couchsurfing, HomeExchange, etc.); III.2. The Legal Relationship Arising from the Transaction; IV. Transport Activities; IV.1. Uber as a Transport Company; IV.2. BlaBlaCar as an Intermediary of the Information Society Service;
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