Central level

• Develop and categorise tourism infrastructure
• Promote Human resources training
• Support investment in the Tourism sector
• Co-ordinate the domestic and international promotion of Portugal as a tourism destination.
• Regulate and inspect gambling activity.
• National Strategic Plans
• Monitoring Frameworks

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Economy

Regional level

The Azores:

• The arrangement of the use of tourism resources;
• Training of human resources in tourism;
• Legal regimes of tourist and travel agencies and operators, including their licensing, classification and operation;
• The use of tourist sites, monuments and attractions;
• Sea activities, and
• Investments in tourism. 
  

Madeira:

• Tourism and hospitality;
• Handicraft and folklore, and
• Exploration of the public utility property of the region.

Responsible ministries/bodies

• Five Regional Tourism Bodies (ERTs) (reduced in 2013 from 11)

• Regional Authorities of Azores and Madeira

Local level

Municipalities are responsible for:

• Creating tourist institutions and participating in the promotion of the local tourism;
• Participating in regional tourism bodies;
• Participating in the definition of tourism policies which relate to the municipality;
• Promoting and supporting the development of craft activities and ethnographic expositions of local interest,
• The licensing and inspection of tourist facilities and hotels.
  

Intermunicipal entities are responsible for:

• Same areas, under agreement with the municipalities

Responsible ministries/bodies

Municipalities

Sources

Estatuto Político-Administrativo da Região Autónoma da Madeira  (Law 130/99 of 29 August).

Estatuto Político-Administrativo da Região Autónoma dos Açores (Law 2/2009 of 12 January).

Law 75/2013 Legal Regime of Local Authorities

Law 50/2018 Transference of Competences to Local Governments and Intermunicipal Entities