The International Forum of Travel and Tourism Advocates - IFTTA- is an independent organization for professional exchanges in the field of legal issues related to the travel and tourism industry. It encourages standardisation of travel law and promotes research into it.The tourism industry is gigantic to South America as well as to Brazil. Regarding population and territory Brazil is considered the 5th largest country in the world with high biodiversity and 53 national parks. Usually the country is sized as the 8th to 10th biggest world economy. One of its most largest nearest neighbor is Argentina, where IFTTA held the 16th Conference in 2004 and set up the IFTTA Argentina Chapter.Topics: 1.Accidents in travel and tourism sector: prevention, risk management and liability.2.Recents national and international developments in travel and tourism law. 3.Tourism and its impact on the environment(source: www.ifttabrasil.org)