Tourism Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Preliminary
2. Interpretation
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“accommodation premises” includes bed and breakfast, hostels, hotels, inns, boarding-houses, rest houses, lodging houses and homestay, held out by the proprietor, owner or manager, either wholly or partly, as offering lodging or sleeping accommodation to tourists for hire or any other form of reward, whether or not food or drink is also offered;
“authorised officer” means a person appointed as such under section 8;
“Board” means the Brunei Darussalam Tourism Board established by section 4;
“Director” means the Director of Tourism Development;
“travel agent licence” means a travel agent licence granted under section 12;
“member” means member of the Board;
“Minister” means the Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism;
“tourist” means any person, whether he is a citizen of Brunei
Darussalam or otherwise, visiting a place in Brunei Darussalam for recreation, pleasure, business or any other purpose;
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“tourism enterprise” means all or any of the following —
any business which provides national or international carriage for passengers;
any business which, either wholly or in part, provides or arranges services for visitors to Brunei Darussalam by way of transport, accommodation, tours or guides, whether or not such services are provided within or outside Brunei Darussalam;
any business which, either wholly or in part, distributes for the purpose of trade or retails tourism-related products;
any other undertaking, including any convention, exhibition, show, fair, publicity campaign or theme park, intended wholly or in part for the benefit of, or for the purpose of attracting, visitors to
Brunei Darussalam;
“tourist accommodation premises” means any accommodation premises registered by the Director under section 32(3) as a tourist accommodation premises;
“tourist guide” means an individual who personally provide any guiding services tours for remuneration;
guiding services
“guiding services”, in relation to a tourist, includes providing any direction, information, description or explanation to the tourist while accompanying the tourist in or to a place or point of interest in Brunei Darussalam. Licence required to act as tourist guide etc.
“tourist guide licence” means a tourist guide licence granted under section 23;
“tourism-related product” means any product, primarily intended for sale to visitors to Brunei Darussalam.
Terms defined in s 19
guiding services
Defined · s 19“guiding services”, in relation to a tourist, includes providing any direction, information, description or explanation to the tourist while accompanying the tourist in or to a place or point of interest in Brunei Darussalam. Licence required to act as tourist guide etc.
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Brunei Darussalam Tourism Board
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Travel Agents
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Tourist Guides
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Registration of Tourist Accommodation Premises
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