Sustainable Tourism Law

424 SUSTAINABLE TOURISM LAW It is also true that the model established by Act 6,513 has long since ceased to be applied, after the declaration of some locations of tourist attraction and without declaring any special area of tourist interest. VI. BILL OF LAW OF AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL LAW OF TOURISM Bill of Law n.º 7,413, dated of 2017, on the initiative of the Executive Branch, has been in progress in the National Congress and alters various provisions of the General Tourism Act. Among them, one of the objectives of the National Policy of Tourism was rewritten in these terms: “To stimulate participation and the involvement of traditional communities and populations in the sustainable development of tourism, so as to promote the improvement of its quality of life and the preservation of its cultural identity” (art. 5th, IX) There are other changes to the wording of one of the objectives of the National Plan of Tourism, namely: “the stimulation of responsible tourism, as a way of orienting the tourist sector action, based on the principles of environmental, socio-cultural, economic and political-institutional sustainability (art. 6th, VIII)”. In addition, it inserts a new article, according to which: “Art. 13-A. The federal Executive Branch will promote the creation of Special Areas of Tourist Interest – AEIT, territories that will be considered priority to facilitate the attraction of investments, through specific legislation. Sole paragraph. Regulation shall provide for the delimitation and other requirements necessary for the creation of AEIT”. In the end, it completely repeals Act 6,513 of 1977, that is, the model for special protection of areas and locations of tourist interest already in disuse, without mentioning the situation of those that have been established that way.