Tourism Act, 2014 (Act No. 3 of 2014)

Chapter 4 : Grading System

Purchase

(1)	The Minister may develop a national grading system for tourism with a view to maintaining or enhancing the standards and quality of tourism services, facilities and products.

(2) The grading system must promote—

(a)	the objects of this Act;

(b)	the national tourism sector strategy; and

(c)	excellence in the provision of tourism services, facilities and products.

(3)

(a)	The grading system contemplated in subsection (1) must provide for the establishment of one or more schemes in terms of which tourism services, facilities and products are graded or classified.

(b) Such a scheme may—

(i) apply any basis of differentiation in respect of tourism services, facilities and products;

(ii)	classify tourism services, facilities and products into different classes on the ground of, amongst others, their nature, extent, variety, availability and quality;

(iii) make provision for the acquisition, continuation and termination of membership of the scheme; and

(iv)	make provision for the use and display of the prescribed insignia, which may include a depiction of a star or number of stars indicating the grading awarded in terms of the scheme.