Decree-Law No. 18/2018 approving the structure, organization and functioning of the Ministry of Tourism and Transport (MTT). Country/Territory Cabo Verde Document type Legislation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Boletim Oficial, Série I, No. 23. Subject Environment gen., Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Institution Coastal zone management Tourism Land-use planning Zoning Classification/declassification Research Management/conservation Geographical area Africa, Atlantic Ocean Islands, North Atlantic, Sahel, Small Island Developing States, Western Africa Entry into force notes This Decree-Law enters into force on the day after its publication. Abstract This Law, consisting of 23 articles divided into three Chapters, approves the structure, organization and functioning of the Ministry of Tourism and Transport (MTT). It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of MTT as a government department, whose mission is to design, propose, coordinate, execute and evaluate public policies in the areas of tourism, air transport, etc. MTT in particular is entitled to: a) design, propose, coordinate and implement strategic policies on tourism and air transport; b) develop a concerted and sustained action, articulating the tourism policy with the management and conservation of the natural resources with social, cultural and environmental realities necessary for the qualification, diversification and competitiveness of the national tourism sector; c) promote infrastructures to support tourism activities, and to implement policies and strategies to follow up these activities; d) inventory the existing tourist offer and to forecast its potential growth potential, and to work, in articulation with sectoral agents, in the consolidation of tourist products; e) participate actively in the elaboration of territorial management instruments and in actions of tourism planning and supply structuring; f) encourage and support national entrepreneurship in the areas of tourism and air transport, and make feasible infrastructural and business investments conducive to the country's balanced development; promote the valuation of strategic tourism products; etc. Full text Portuguese Website www.legis-palop.org References - Legislation Implements Law No. 75/VII/2010 establishing the legal regime for special touristic areas. Legislation | Cabo Verde | 2010 (2018) Keyword: Coastal zone management, Tourism, Land-use planning, Zoning, Classification/declassification Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Decree-Law No. 67/2021 establishing structure, organization and functioning of the Ministry of Tourism and Transport (MTT). Legislation | Cabo Verde | 2021 Keyword: Institution, Coastal zone management, Tourism, Land-use planning, Zoning, Classification/declassification, Research, Management/conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX