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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