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Draft Final Report, 19 th July, 2012
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to adopt all such measures as the Board may think fit
to advertise, promote and market Montserrat as a
tourist destination throughout the year;
In addition, the MTB has a regulatory role in respect of the
registration and grading of hotel and other tourist
accommodation and facilities catering for tourists.
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iv.
to promote and encourage increased shipping and
airline facilities as will increase tourist traffic to
Montserrat;
to secure the most favourable arrangements for the
entry of tourists into Montserrat;
v. to encourage by such measures as they may think fit
the development of such amenities as may be
calculated to enhance the attractiveness of Montserrat
to tourists with special reference to entertainment,
conservation of local flora and fauna, nature trails and
handicrafts;
vi. to undertake such research, experiments and
operations as may appear to be necessary for the
improvement of the tourist industry and to control or
eliminate any undesirable factors that may affect it;
The act conceives of the MTB as being the executive arm of a
Ministry and empowers it to undertake almost any function
which has the objective of furthering the development of
tourism to Montserrat. Moreover, in prescribing the
composition of the Board of the MTB, the Act ensures that the
members so appointed are representative of the wider tourism
industry. It is a sound piece of legislation which should stand
the test of time in that it is flexible enough to deal with any
changed circumstances which may require the MTB to
undertake different activities for the development of tourism.
However, just because the Act empowers the MTB to
undertake almost any function for the development of tourism
does not mean that it should undertake them all. Different
circumstances at different times will require the MTB to focus
on one or a number of the functions for which it is empowered.
These circumstances may be market related, product related,
HRD related or, indeed, funding related.
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viii.
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to foster an understanding within Montserrat of the
importance and economic benefit of the tourist
industry;
to make all such enquiries of, and to collect all such
information as it may think necessary for the purpose
of carrying out its duties and functions under this
section; and
generally to take all such other lawful measures as it
may consider likely to assist it in carrying out most
effectually the purposes of this Ordinance.
A notable omission in the Act is any responsibility for the
conservation and enhancement of Montserrat’s cultural and
heritage resources. This is being compensated to some
degree at the operational level, with the addition of a Culture
Unit to the MTB,
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