1. Private Sector Federation PRIVATE SECTOR FEDERATION THE LAWS, REGULATIONS AND DECISIONS THAT IMPACT ON THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN RWANDA CHAMBER OF TOURISM

2. Private Sector Federation LAW RELATING TO INVESTMENT AND EXPORT PROMOTION Articles with positive impact  Article 29 al 2, states that tourism industry is highly regarded among other priorities for investments in Rwanda.  Article 16 states that the holder of a certificate of registration of an investment project is entitled to rights of benefits provided for by the law and related to facilitation for importers  Annex I provides that an investor who imports aeroplanes for transportation of tourists is exempted from payment of taxes

3. Private Sector Federation Immigration Law Cont…….. Articles with negative impact  Article 5 may as well impact negatively to a tourist who would like to stay more days to accomplish the touristic mission in the country. We recommend if a person loses his / her travel documents, he/ she shall upon reporting any such loss obtain a temporary travel document that may facilitate him/her to enjoy the rights entitled to him/ her from that lost travel documents until the day of intended exit – end of his tourism as had been scheduled other than providing him/her with the document that would facilitate his/her exit only.

4. Private Sector Federation LAW RELATING TO CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY Article 14 of Law No. 42/2011 of 31/10/2011 Relating to Civil Aviation Authority requires a special certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to Hotels and Catering service suppliers.  This law directly affects positively the Tourism business by imposing precautions to be undertaken;  It is also a hindrance to doing business since CAA is joining in as a regulator alongside other institution’s like RDB, RURA, MINISANTE and others. Article 18 up to article 32 impact positively on tourism by offering a security protection for the passengers

5. Private Sector Federation LAW GOVERNING ROADS IN RWANDA Article 3 of law no 55/2011 of 14/12/2011 governing roads in Rwanda classify the public roads into 3 classes but the 3 rd class refer to all roads that link areas of tourist significance. Until now these roads indicated in the aforesaid article are insufficient and some tourist attractions are in remote areas and accessing them would be a constraint.

6. Private Sector Federation RECOMMENDATIONS As with all other industries, tourism requires basic infrastructure to function. Tourism developments require a set of utilities in order to function properly. Despite the foregoing developments, and protection of tourism industry in Rwanda has not realized its full potential due to various problems. That is why we recommend that:  Tourists travelling around Rwanda should expect a level of quality of roads as well as of transport provision to take them speedily but also comfortably to their destinations.  There needs to be harmonized regulatory platform or supervision and licensing authority setting out a number of requirements to be fulfilled by investors in the sector prior to being licensed as this shall avoid or at least mitigate negative surprises in the business;