Tourism Development Act.

Country/Territory: Barbados
Document type: Legislation
Date: 2002 (2002)
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Original source: Laws of Barbados, pp. 1-37.
Long title: An Act to encourage the sustainable development of the tourism industry by providing duty-free concessions and income tax concessions for approved tourism projects and certain tourism entities and for other related matters.

Subject: Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword: Tourism EIA
Geographical area: Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States

Abstract: This Act concerns the approval of tourism projects and products and the provision of incentives for sustainable tourism development and related matters. “Tourism project” includes the restoration, preservation and conservation of natural sites and the establishment, restoration, preservation and conservation of monuments, museums and other historical structures and sites. The Minister may require an environmental impact assessment to be carried out for the project to be approved. In order to be financed, projects shall meet environmental standards defined by the Minister of Environment.
Full text: English
Website: www.caricomlaw.org

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Legislation | Barbados | 2014

Keyword: Tourism

Source: FAO, FAOLEX