Tourism Development Act, 2000 (No. 9 of 2000). Country/Territory Trinidad and Tobago Document type Legislation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to facilitate the development of the Tourism Industry by providing to investors incentives and concessions and to make provision for matters incidental thereto. Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Tourism Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act empowers the Minister to grant incentives in the form of tax benefits to initiatives aiming at development of the tourism industry in Trinidad and Tobago. The Act also sets out the requirements a tourism project must meet in order to benefit from access benefits and to obtain approval of the project, including registration with the authority to whom the responsibility for tourism has been assigned. Incentives are granted for, among other things, ecological and environmental maintenance, Full text English Website www.ttparliament.org References - Legislation Amended by Tourism Development (Amendment) Act, 2006 (No. 16 of 2006). Legislation | Trinidad and Tobago | 2006 Keyword: Tourism Source: FAO, FAOLEX