Duties and functions of Board

It shall be the duty of the Board, within the limits of its (a) to develop all aspects of the tourist industry of Belize and to promote the efficiency of the industry; (b) to adopt all such measures, as it may deem fit, to advertise and publicise Belize as a tourist resort throughout the year; 10 (c) to promote and secure such increased airline and shipping facilities as will tend to increase tourist traffic to Belize; (d) to secure the most favourable arrangements for the entry of tourists into Belize; (e) to encourage, by such measures as it may deem fit, the development of such amenities in Belize as may be calculated to enhance the attractiveness of Belize to tourists with special reference to entertainment, local culture, conservation of local flora and fauna, deep sea fishing, scuba diving and handicrafts; (f) to undertake such research, experiments and operations as may appear to it to be necessary to improve the basis of the tourist industry and to control and eliminate any undesirable factors that may affect the industry; (g) to foster an understanding within Belize of the importance and economic benefit of the tourist industry; (h) to encourage and promote training facilities for hotel staff; (i) to classify hotels according to the standard of amenities provided; (j) to make all such enquiries and to collect all such information as it may think necessary for the purpose of carrying out its duty under this section; (k) to foster understanding within Belize of the importance of environmental protection and 11 pollution control and the conservation of natural resources; (l) generally to take all such other lawful measures as it may consider likely to assist it in carrying out most effectively the purposes of this Act.