The Board shall have the following duties and powers—
(a) to make all such inquires and to collect all such information and adopt all such measures as the Board thinks necessary for the purpose of promoting the advertisement of Saint Lucia as a tourist resort and for such other purposes as in the judgement of the Board will materially facilitate and increase the tourist traffic to and from Saint Lucia and to make such reports and recommendations to the Minister in connection with the above-mentioned matters as the Board may deem necessary;
(b) for all or any of such purposes appoint such agent or agents as the Board may deem necessary whether within or outside Saint Lucia and, subject to the approval of the Minister, to arrange for the remuneration of any such agent or agents by salary, commission or otherwise as the Board may think proper out of the funds and resources of the Board;
(c) to develop all aspects of the tourist industry of the island and to promote the efficiency of the industry;
(d) to promote and secure such shipping and airline facilities as will tend to increase tourist traffic to the island;
(e) to accept from any hotel company or steamship company or from any mercantile company or trading company or any other persons any contribution for all or any of the purposes for which the Board is established under this Act and to administer the same either solely or by joint arrangement with any such company or person as aforesaid for the benefit of Saint Lucia generally but not in such a manner as to favour any particular person or company;
(f) to secure the most favourable arrangements for the entry of tourists into Saint Lucia;
(g) to encourage by such measures as it may consider fit the development of such amenities in the island as may be calculated to enhance the attractiveness of the island to tourists;
(h) to foster an understanding within the island of the importance and economic benefit of the tourist industry;
(i) to provide training facilities for hotel staff;
(j) 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;
(k) subject to the approval of the Minister, to enter into and make such contract or contracts as the Board may consider necessary for all or any of the purposes of this Act;
(l) subject to the approval of the Minister and to confirmation by Parliament for the purposes of this Act to make any contract for the provision of steamship communication between any port in Saint Lucia and any other port, and to pay for the same either by way of annual subsidy, guarantee of debenture interest or commission or the number of passengers brought to Saint Lucia.
However, under any such contract the Board may introduce such special conditions or stipulations as the Board may consider necessary for the purposes of this Act;
(m) subject to the approval of the Minister and for the purposes of this Act, to acquire, hold, lease, mortgage or dispose of any property whether moveable or immoveable, real or personal;
(n) to manage any hotel or other tourist facility on behalf of the Government;
(o) subject to the approval of Cabinet as to the amount, sources, terms and conditions, to borrow any sums of money generally or for a particular purpose, for the purpose of meeting its obligations or discharging its functions; (Inserted by Act 6 of 1996)
(p) generally to take all such other measures as the Board may consider likely to carry out most effectively the purposes of this Act either alone or in conjunction with any other body in Saint Lucia.