Tourism Law in Europe

9 and the Department of Professional Tourist Boats & Shipping Companies’ Recreation Ships. 5.3. Ministry of Rural Development and Food This Ministry has the main responsibilities in the field of rural tourism. Under its new Organisation (Presidential Decree 97/2017, Government Gazette Α’ 138), this Ministry has the mission to modernise and develop the agricultural sector of the country. To fulfil this purpose, the Ministry promotes, inter alia , the development and improvement of the production conditions and the business environment in the agricultural sector and the upgrading of infrastructure and quality of life in the countryside. It encourages economic diversification and development of rural tourism and agrotourism. In particular, the Ministry of Rural Development and Food is the competent authority for: a) the policy development and evaluation of the proposed measures to develop alternative forms of tourism in the rural areas, taking into consideration environmental impact assessments; ii) the determination of the terms, conditions and procedures related to fishing tourism; and c) the setting of the terms, conditions and procedures for fishing tourism in pisciculture and aquaculture farms. 5.4. Ministry of Health The Ministry of Health has the main competences in the field of medical and therapeutic tourism. According to the Presidential Decree 121/2017 (Government Gazette Α’ 148), an Administrative Unit for the Formulation of Health Policies and Policy of Health Tourism is created for the first time. This Ministry’s purpose is to take measures and decisions on the development and promotion of the health sector, as well as the country’s health tourism. Furthermore, its main responsibilities consist in planning and applying measures for the implementation of health programmes, developing and promoting policies of medical and therapeutic tourism and coordinating and evaluating the actions that are taken to implement these policies.